"The first bearer of the surname to arrive in Ireland was Robert de Barri, one of the original band of Norman Knights who landed at Bannow Co., Wexford in May 1169, and the brother of Giraldus Combrensis, historian of the invasion."
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"Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L. Jacquier <Genealogy of Lewis Carroll, Justin Swanstrom, The Royal Families of England Scotland & Wales by Burkes Peerage; Debrett's Peerage & Baronage; Table of descendants French Canadian Genealogical Society; Families of Monfort-sur-Risle & Bertrand de Bricquebec; The Dukes of Normandy, XXXXI, Paul Leportier>, H.R. Moser <Burke Peerage>, L. Orlandini, O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, A.Terlinden <Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, 1842>, L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron <Brian Tompsett>, R. Dewkinandan, C. Donadello) http://geneastar.org.
"Ancestors/Descendants of Pepin I Carolingien" http://www.geneastar.org, contributor: Renaud de Paysac/Dennis Welsh.