Barry (name) "Barrfind". Furthermore, "Barry" is sometimes an Anglicised form of the Irish "Finnbarr", which also has short forms of "Bairre", "Barra", and "Barre". Similarly, "Barry" is sometimes an Anglicised form of the latter short form "Barra". In other cases, "Barry" is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Berach" ("pointed", "sharp"). Since the twentieth century, the name has become very popular in Australia. A variant form of the given name is "Barrie". Pet forms of the name are "Baz" and "Bazza". As a given name, "Barry" currently is less common than it once was. It rose in popularity during the 1930s and
Mick Barry (Irish politician) Mick Barry (Irish politician) Mick Barry (born 17 September 1964) is an Irish Solidarity–People Before Profit politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency since the 2016 general election. He is a member of the Socialist Party which has an international affiliation to the Trotskyist Committee for a Workers' International. The AAA was re-branded as "Solidarity" in 2017. According to the "Irish Examiner", Barry has been "a leading figure in the Cork and national campaigns" against household and water charges. Dick Spring expelled Barry, alongside Joe Higgins and 12 others, from the Labour Party in