Famous Irishman - John Barry

This week's famous Irishman is John Barry.

John Barry
(1745 – 1803)
was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He is often credited as "The Father of the American Navy". Barry was born in Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland and appointed a Captain in the Continental Navy 7 December 1775.