Ainsworth Barr
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| Born | 9 December 1875 Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 19 December 1934 (aged 59) Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Methodist College Belfast Tonbridge School | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Venie Barr (wife) | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Stockbroker | ||||||||||||||||
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Ainsworth Barr (9 December 1875 — 19 December 1934) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Belfast, Barr was the son of James Barr, a director of the whiskey distillery Dunvilles. He attended the local Methodist College, as well as Tonbridge School in Kent, England.[1]
Barr was capped four times as a halfback for Ireland in intermittent appearances between 1898 and 1901, which included their 1899 win over Scotland, en route to the triple crown.[2]
After five years as a practising solicitor, Barr became a stockbroker in 1903 and was senior director at W. F. Coates & Company, the firm of Sir William Coates. He served a term as IRFU president in 1908–09.[3]
Barr married political activist Venie Barr (née Moyles).[4]