JB's Irish Cream

Commodore John Barry shares the unofficial title 'The Father of the American Navy' with fellow officer - John Paul Jones.  While Jones might be a more familiar name in the Navy's history, Barry was no less consequential.  He was the first Captain to command a Continental Navy warship. After the establishment of the U.S. Navy, he became the first commissioned officer (and the first flag officer) in the new American Navy - receiving his commission from George Washington. Born to a working family in Wexford, Ireland, John Barry moved to the Irish coast at a young age and learned seamanship skills from his uncle who was a fisherman.  These skills enabled him to set out for the new world as a teenager.  As revolution came to the colonies, he was a patriot and ardent supporter of the new Nation.  He was once offered $100,000 to defect to the British Navy and was outraged at the offer...responding that not all the money in the British treasury or command of its entire fleet could entice him a