Barry
de Barra · of Barry
Barry is de Barra in Irish, said deh BAR-a, and means of Barry.
Norman, from the Welsh island of Barry, and in Ireland since 1179. The family split into Barry Mór, Barry Óg and Barry Roe, and between them they held most of east Cork.
How it changes
- A man: de Barra
- His daughter: de Barra
- A woman who married into it: Bean de Barra
- The family together: de Barra
Where it comes from
Cork
Also spelt
Barry, de Barry, Barrie
A name, not a pedigree
This is where the name came from, which is not the same as where you came from. Names were translated, anglicised, taken on by tenants and neighbours, and carried in by settlers who were no relation to the family that started them. To follow your own line, the 1901 and 1911 censuses are free and searchable, and give the county each person was born in.