Barley Bree was an Irish-Canadian band active in the 1980s and ‘90s. They comprised Tom Sweeney and Jimmy Sweeney (nephews of Tommy Makem), Donegal fiddler P.V. O’Donnell and Brian Doherty (currently of Evans & Doherty) & Seamus O'Hagan (cookstown) . The group was formed in Northern Ireland but moved to Canada in 1977. From their base in Nova Scotia, they widely toured North America.