I hope that Ned Kelly, the Irishman who is more revered in Australia than Barry ever was (or will be) is depicted in the exhibition as well.
Ken Doyle
References
Barry was the third son of Major-General Henry Green Barry, of Ballyclough, County Cork, Ireland, and his wife Phoebe Barry (née Drought). He was born on 7th June 1813 and had five brothers and six sisters. Like his brothers he was educated at a military school, Hall Place, in Kent. Upon graduating he returned to Ireland in 1829 but was unable to obtain a military commission and so decided to further his education. Following his own prescribed classics programme, translating classical authors into English verse, reading old and new writers, he gained a working knowledge of nearly every subject.
In 1832, he entered Trinity College, Dublin, graduated in 1835 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and was called to the bar in Dublin in 1838.
After his father's death in 1836, Barry sailed for Sydney, then capital of the British Colony of New South Wales.
There he built up a private practice and in 1841 became a judge - his most famous trial was that of Ned Kelly in 1880, when he sentenced Kelly to death. As well as the law, he was interested in the development of Melbourne as a city and helped found the State Library of Victoria and the University of Melbourne.
Sir Redmond Barry is just one of over 320 characters featured at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.
| Additional Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 7th Jun 1813 | |
| Date of Death | 23rd Nov 1880 | |
| Father (First Name/s and Surname) | Major-General Henry Green Barry | |
| Mother (First Name/s and Maiden) | wife Phoebe Barry (née Drought) | |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Judge | |
Comments
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Irish/Australian DOYLE
Saturday 15th June 2019 01:41AM -
A very relevant comment Ken. I suggest Redmond Barry was reviled by many Australians for his part in Ned Kelly's demise. The whole Kelly family and many other Irish catholic emigrants were severely persecuted and harrassed by the constabulary in Victoria/NSW and Ned finally executed by a biased and bigoted legal system, of which Redmond Barry was a major player. I could rant on more. Redmond Barry...... not a fan
Seano
SEANO
Saturday 15th June 2019 09:57AM -
Seano
Couldn't have said it better. In our National Portrait Gallery, R. Barry and our Ned have deliberately been hung (so to speak) facing one another. It certainly is a conversation starter. Thanks for the observations.
Ken
Irish/Australian DOYLE
Monday 17th June 2019 09:15AM -
It appears Redmond Barry was not without faults however a recent Big Y DNA test shows he is our g-g-g-uncle. Apparently one of Henry Green Barry's sons/grandson/etc had a male child out of wedlock (based on information to date we cannot find any male offspring after the first generation of sons) who turns out to be my unknown biological paternal grandfather. Does anyone know of any family stories/baptisms that might help me find the male line to Henry Green Barry? My father was born in 1920 near Philadelphia PA.
Rkaucla
Tuesday 16th March 2021 09:01PM
