Barry, Anthony

Anthony Barry was born in Cork in June 1901. At 14 years of age, he entered his father's business. He later joined the National Army, where he served as a captain until the end of the civil war. He returned to the family business and built Barry's into a premier tea firm. He was a founding member of Cumann Na nGaedheal. In 1954, he was elected to Dáil Éireann and served in the Dáil and Seanad until 1965. He was a member of Cork Corporation until 1967 and was Lord Mayor of Cork in 1961-62.

Books by Barry, Anthony

No Lovelier City

This collection contains images of women chatting, children, dogs, bicycles, old men, ships, water and buildings. It is a stark reminder of how much Cork and Ireland have changed in only forty years.

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