Myra Barry
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Myra Barry (born 1 November 1957) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD in the November 1979 by election for the Cork North East constituency. She was 22 years old at the time and one of the youngest ever TDs elected to the Dáil. She was re-elected at each successive election until she retired from politics at the 1987 general election.
When Barry was first elected in 1979, it was one of two by-elections that Fianna Fáil lost in Jack Lynch's native Cork, this was a factor in the lead up to his resignation.
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