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
Jack Chase (Irish boxer) Second Preliminary Round he defeated Alfred Wilson of South Africa on points. In the quarter finals Chase was beaten on points by Leonard Steyaert of Belgium who was himself beaten in the semi-final by the eventual middleweight champion, Piero Toscani of Italy. Chase served as a Garda in Dublin. He was married to Mollie (Mulhall) and lived at first in Kilmainham but later moved to Bulfin Gardens, Inchicore in Dublin. They had Four children. Jack Chase (Irish boxer) John Joseph "Jack" Chase (born 1904) was an Irish boxer and a member of the Garda Síochána (Irish Police Force). He joined