[2] It has a mixture of traditional and modern amusements and was normally open from Easter Monday until the first week in September.

[4] Barry's was founded in 1925 by the married couple of Francesco Trufelli, a former trapeze artist and manager of the Royal Italian Circus, and Evelyn Chipperfield of the Chipperfield's Circus family,[5] and remained a family business; as of 2006[update], when the BBC broadcast a documentary on the park,[6] it was run by sisters Lisa and Kristina Trufelli, the fourth generation.

[1] The couple toured with the circus and then opened the amusement park in 1926 after being invited by the local railway company to permanently locate on a site beside the railway station; according to the company history, rather than use either of their family names, they named it 'Barry's' after the first supplier to arrive on-site, Barr.

[7] The park was offered for sale in November 2019 as a going concern,[4] but was unable to open for the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Barry's Amusements, specifically The Big Dipper and Ghost Train, was featured in season 3, episode 3 of television series Derry Girls.