About John Barry
Lived 1845 – 1921 (aged 75–76). John Barry was a politician.
John Barry (1845 – 27 January 1921) was a politician. 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 elected as an Irish National Federation Member of Parliament for South Wexford in 1885, resigning in 1893. He was a close friend and distant cousin of Tim Healy. On his retirement he pursued his 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 favored'. He was one of 'the stoutest men of the Irish party'.
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British politician
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John Barry was born in 1845.
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John Barry died on 27 January 1921.
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John Barry was a politician.
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