Books by Anthony Barry

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 Dail Eireann and served in the Dail and Seanad until 1965. He was a member of Cork Corporation until 1967 and was Lord Mayor of Cork in 1961-62. Peter Somerville-Large was born and educated in Dublin, and is related to Edith Somerville co-author of the Irish RM stories. Having left Trinity College he spent a decade working as a lecturer in English in Kabul, a gold miner in Australia and a wharfie on the docks in Wellington, before returning to journalism. He is the author of many books about Ireland, the Yemen and Iran as well as a number of thrillers.