Barry (name) Barry (name) Barry is both a given name and a surname. The given name is an Anglicised form of several Irish personal names, while the surname has numerous etymological origins, and is derived from both place names and personal names. The given name "Barry" is derived from Gaelic, possibly being an Anglicised form of the personal name Báire, which is a short form of the related Irish names "Bairrfhionn" or "Barrfind" ("fair-headed", "fair-haired"). and "Finbar", or "Fionnbharr" ("fair-topped", "fair-haired"). For example, "Barry" is sometimes derived from the Irish "Bairre", "Barra", and "Barre", which are in turn forms of the name
John Barry (Irish politician) business interests with great success. In R. Barry O'Brien's 'The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell', 'X' describes John Barry as 'fat and well favoured'. He was one of 'the stoutest men of the Irish party'. John Barry (Irish politician) John Barry (1845 – 27 January 1921) He was born in Wexford and moved with his family to England when he was a small child. Alongside Michael Davitt and Mark Ryan he trafficked arms. He was a member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and a founding member of the Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain. He was