Thomas Barry

Thomas Barry or Tom Barry may refer to:

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Tom Barry (Cork hurler)

Thomas "Tom" Barry was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Carrigtwohill and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1920s and 1930s.

Playing career

Club

Barry played his club hurling with his local club in Carrigtwohill club and enjoyed some success. In spite of this he never won a senior county title with the club.

Inter-county

Barry first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Cork in the late 1920s. He made his debut in 1928 as Cork faced Clare in the Munster final for the second year in-a-row. That game ended in a draw, however, in the replay Cork triumphed with Barry collecting his first Munster title. Cork later defeated Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final before lining out against Galway in the championship decider. Galway got a bye into the final without picking up a hurley, however, the game turned into a rout. A score line of 6-12 to 1-0 gave Cork the victory and gave Barry a coveted All-Ireland medal.

In 1929 Cork retained their provincial dominance for a fourth consecutive year. A 4-6 to 2-3 defeat of Waterford gave Barry his second Munster title. The subsequent All-Ireland final was a replay of the previous year’s game as Cork played Galway once again. Mick Ahern scored a goal for Cork after just 25 seconds to start another rout. Cork won the day by 4-9 to 1-3 giving Barry his second All-Ireland title.

Tom Barry (baseball)

Thomas Arthur Barry (April 10, 1879 – June 4, 1946) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies on April 15 during the 1904 Philadelphia Phillies season.

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Tom Barry (politician)

Tom Barry (born 10 October 1968) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency.

Private life and career

Barry is graduate of Biochemistry from University College Cork (UCC). He is the founder and CEO of a grain drying and warehousing business in his home village of Killavullen. He is also a tillage farmer. He is married to Kathy Quane, a lecturer of Anatomy in UCC's School of Medicine and Health and they have three children.

Political career

From Killavullen, County Cork, he was formerly a member of Cork County Council for the Mallow area. He was elected as a TD for the Cork East constituency at the 2011 general election on his first attempt.

In May 2013, he wrote to Cardinal Seán Brady and the Papal nuncio Charles John Brown asking whether he would be excommunicated if he voted for the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013. Two months later, in July, Barry was seen on an Oireachtas television broadcast pulling his Fine Gael colleague Áine Collins onto his lap during a parliamentary debate. Barry later apologised publicly for his behaviour, saying he had been drinking earlier at the Dáil bar (a bar in the Irish parliament), and the Fine Gael party and his wife condemned his behaviour.

Tom Barry (soldier)

Thomas (Tom) Barry (1 July 1897 – 2 July 1980) was one of the most prominent guerrilla leaders in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence.

Early life

Christened "Thomas Bernardine", Barry was born in Killorglin, County Kerry. He was the son of a Royal Irish Constabulary policeman. Four years later, Thomas Barry Senior resigned and opened a business in his hometown of Rosscarbery, County Cork. Barry was educated for a period at Mungret College, County Limerick from 25 August 1911 to 12 September 1912. The reason for his short stay is indicated by a reference from the school register of the Apostolic School, Mungret College; 'Went–Home (ran away) without knowledge of superiors – no vocation'.

In 1915, during Ireland's involvement in World War I, he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery at Cork and became a soldier in the British Army.

Barry enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery on June 30, 1915 and was sent to the military depot at Athlone for basic training. After six months he was posted to the Mesopotamian front (modern Iraq) on January 21, 1916. He fought from January 1916 in Mesopotamia (then part of the Ottoman Empire). On 1 March he was raised to the rank of corporal. In April while his brigade was attempting to break the Turkish Siege of Kut where the British after heavy losses were forced to surrender, Barry first heard of the Easter Rising. Presumably in reaction to the British response to the Rising, Barry dropped his rank in protest on 26 May and reverted to his original rank of gunner, which rank he held until the end of the war.

Tom Barry (rugby league)

Tom Barry was a rugby league player in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).

Barry played for the South Sydney club in the years 1922-25 and the Eastern Suburbs club in 1927. In the 1923 premiership decider Barry played in the Centre's for Souths.

In 1925 season Barry represented NSW in two interstate matches against Queensland.

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Tom Barry (political analyst)

Tom Barry (born 1950) is an American political analyst. As of 2007 he is Senior Policy Analyst and Americas Policy Program Fellow at the advocacy group Center for International Policy (CIP).

Barry began his career as a political activist and analyst at Georgetown University in the late 1960s. He worked as an investigative journalist for the Navajo Times in New Mexico, and in 1971 founded an investigative newspaper. In 1979 he co-founded the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC), and joined CIP in 2007. As senior policy analyst, he participates in assigning, writing, and editing pieces, as well as defining strategic objectives of the Americas Policy Program, and directs The TransBorder Project.

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