About Ainsworth Barr
Lived 1875 – 1934 (aged 59). Ainsworth Barr was a rugby union player.
Ainsworth Barr (9 December 1875 — 19 December 1934) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Biography Born in Belfast, Barr was the son of James Barr, a director of the whiskey distillery Dunvilles. He attended the local Methodist College, as well as Tonbridge School in Kent, England.
Barr was capped four times as a halfback for Ireland in intermittent appearances between 1898 and 1901, which included their 1899 win over Scotland, en route to the triple crown.
After five years as a practising solicitor, Barr became a stockbroker in 1903 and was senior director at W. F. Coates & Company, the firm of Sir William Coates. He served a term as IRFU president in 1908–09.
Barr married political activist Venie Barr (née Moyles).
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Ainsworth Barr was born on 9 December 1875.
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Ainsworth Barr died on 19 December 1934.
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Ainsworth Barr was a rugby union player.
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