Myra Barry (born 30 June 1957) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. A national school teacher by profession, she trained at St Patrick's College, Dublin. she was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) in a by-election in 1979 for the Cork North–East constituency, following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Seán Brosnan. It was one of two by-elections in County Cork on the same day, both of which Fianna Fáil lost. The double defeat in Jack Lynch's native county was a factor in the lead up to Lynch's resignation on 5 December 1979 as leader of Fianna Fáil.
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