Alice Mary Barry (8 April 1880 – 2 July 1955) was an Irish medical doctor, the first woman to be nominated for a fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
[1][5] While based in Cork, Barry worked in Kilbrittain as the dispensary district medical officer until she was succeeded there by Dorothy Stopford Price.
On one occasion, by pretending to be visiting a sick patient, Barry prevented one arrest of Michael Collins and walked out of a house of British soldiers with his papers under her jumper.
[1][8][12] Barry was a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) from 1911 and was the first woman to be nominated for a fellowship in 1914.
[1] Poor health caused Barry to resign from full-time work in 1946 but she continued to devote her time to St. Ultan's.