Barry Sinclair served in the Irish Air Corps which facilitated him attending university where he attained a PhD. in theology and a masters degree in mechanical engineering specialising in aeronautics. He entered the commercial world and was appointed Chief Buyer for Aer Lingus - The Irish international airline. He made a dramatic change in his life from a career as an aeronautical engineer to a career as an internationally renowned entertainer. It was certainly a powerful change for the better because within 6 years he became the most sought after entertainer in his field in the world.

Barry Sinclair's talents have brought him everywhere, from the White House in Washington to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas to the Caribbean, to Japan, to Australia and the West End in London. He has shared the limelight with such luminaries as Michael Jackson, Bette Midler, Madonna, Muhammed Ali, Luther Van Dross, Tony Bennett and Stephen Spielberg.

"Barry Sinclair is a knock out" Muhammed Ali.

Whilst touring the Caribbean Barry Sinclair was caught up in the coup d'etat in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. After a few hair raising skirmishes with the revolutionaries Barry Sinclair's aeronautical skills allowed him to save the lives of four ministers of state by piloting their plane with it's grateful passengers to Caracas in Venezuela. When President Arthur Napoleon Robinson was restored to power he extended a personal invitation to Barry Sinclair to meet with him and perform in Trinidad.

Barry Sinclair prepares to drive through Tokyo blindfolded.

When performing in Tokyo Barry Sinclair brought a large part of the city to a standstill, and caused traffic chaos by driving through the rush hour traffic totally blindfolded. Newspaper and television reports described his driving as perfectly normal, and that the chaos was caused by television news crews and photo journalists swarming around him and attracting huge crowds of onlookers.

During rehearsals in St. James, Barbados, Barry Sinclair heard the sad news story that a girl had been lost in a boating accident off the nearby island of St. Lucia. Her father, Jose Tancamiz, whose boat had capsized, had been rescued, but was suffering from amnesia, and could not tell the emergency services the location where he had put his three year old daughter in a life raft. He had barely any recollection of the incident and  because it was several hours after the disaster, the rescue services didn't know where to look for the young child. Barry Sinclair immediately suspended rehearsals, contacted the emergency services, and made his way to the nearby island. The police rescue services brought him to the tear stricken father, and using hypnotism, Barry Sinclair was able to recover the man's memory and the child was located by the emergency services soon afterwards. After a short spell in hospital she recovered, and Barry Sinclair considers this adventure to be the triumph of his career to date.

Among the souvenirs of a distinguished career is a Stetson cowboy hat that belonged former US president, Ronald Reagan, which the president presented to Barry Sinclair after his show stopping appearance in the White House. Variety reported that "Even the usually blasé TV. crew rose to their feet and joined in the spontaneous standing ovation”

Barry Sinclair receives an award for services for his country entertainment industry from the President of Ireland Mary McAleese pictured here with her husband Martin and Barry Sinclair

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