Anna Mc Intyre - Barry Connor

Barrington "Barry" Connor is the father of Paul (Sean Gallagher), Liam (Rob James-Collier) and Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh). Barry first appeared in February 2008 along with his wife, Helen, and nephew, Tom Kerrigan (Philip McGinley), to attend Liam's wedding to Maria Sutherland (Samia Ghadie). He returned to the street on 20 October after hearing news of Liam's death in a hit and run accident. He and Helen left back for Ireland after apologising to Carla (Alison King) for telling her what to do. Barry and Helen returned on 24 November 2008 to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. Barry and Helen returned in July 2009 to see their new grandchild Liam, however after clashing with Maria over Tony's involvement in raising Liam they returned to Ireland.

They returned again in October 2009 for the one-year anniversary of Liam's death, they were horrified by Maria and Tony Gordon's (Gray O'Brien) relationship and even more when they learned they were engaged. They eventually accepted it however. They then attended baby Liam's christening and left Weatherfield on good terms with Maria and Tony.

They returned again in November 2009 after Tony had confessed to the police and Maria that he did arrange for Liam to be killed. Michelle rang Barry and Helen to tell them the horrifying news. They booked a flight to Manchester immediately and comforted Maria. Deciding she did not want to be around Weatherfield for a while, Maria and Liam went to Ireland to stay with Barry and Helen.