Hello Laurel Thank you for your advice de barra is my family name i also come from ireland like your self and have been researching our family ancestry for the last thirty years i have extensive knowalage on the history and orgins of our name which has been past down from generation to generation I also hold a masters degree in liberal arts and history in fact i wrote my thesis on the anglo saxons The changes i made were to correct the spelling of the name only The name de Barry is incorrect it is de Barra it is a french name and the de means of de barry dose not exist Barry is the anglicization of de barra Kind regards Wendy