Tom Barry (Irish republican) a Cork hospital in 1980 and was survived by his wife, Leslie de Barra (née Price), whom he married in 1921 and who was the director of organization for Cumann na mBan and later President of the Irish Red Cross, Price played a major role in the Easter Rising, and was in fact one of the last women to leave the GPO. She died in 1984. Barry is buried in St Finbarr's Cemetery, Cork. Tom Barry (Irish republican) Thomas Barry (1 July 1897 – 2 July 1980) was a prominent guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the
Barry (name) 1940s, and was in the top 100 names through the 1970s. In recent years, the name has not even made the top 1000 list of names (the last time was in 2004, where it ranked 963). Barry's highest rank was 61, which was achieved in 1962. The surname "Barry" has numerous origins. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Ó Beargha", meaning "descendant of "Beargh"". The byname "Beargh" means "plunderer" or "spear-like". In other cases "Barry" is an Anglicisation of the Irish "Ó Báire", meaning "descendant of "Báire"". In other cases "Barry" is a patronymic form