Dáibhí de Barra (''Dáibhí Do Barra''; c. 1758–1851) was a farmer, poet, and author in the

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

. Born in Carrigtwohill,

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, and received education in the local hedge school. He remained his native district all his life, and he was one of the few who were writing in the

during the early 19th century. He composed exuberantly styled folktales and was able to compose short pieces of devotional prayers for during

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. He wrote ''Páirliament na bhFíodóirí'' (''Parliament of Weavers''), ''Corraghliocas na mBan Léirmhúinte'' (based on Ned Ward's ''Female Policy Detected''), along with a lively account of the

Tithe War The Tithe War ( ga, Cogadh na nDeachúna) was a campaign of mainly nonviolent civil disobedience, punctuated by sporadic violent episodes, in Ireland between 1830 and 1836 in reaction to the enforcement of tithes on the Roman Catholic majority f ...

. This was written as an account of a tithe affray at Rossmore Strand, near Carrightohill. Dáibhí de Barra recast the story of his neighbors' defeat of Royal Irish Constabulary and the redcoats attempting to seize

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tithes to make the story read like a heroic saga.

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National Library of Ireland holdings by Dáibhí de Barra
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barra, Daibhi De 1750s births 1851 deaths 19th-century Irish-language poets 18th-century Irish poets 19th-century Irish poets Irish literature Irish-language writers Irish non-fiction writers Irish Catholic poets 18th-century Irish farmers People from Carrigtwohill 19th-century Irish farmers Writers from County Cork