Famine-era poet’s manuscript given back to community

An American family which held a unique and very valuable manuscript for generations will present it tonight to a community once home to the renowned Famine-era poet who wrote it.

The people of Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, are planning a special ceremony to honour Dáibhí de Barra, a local tenant farmer, poet, and author. Born in 1757 in Woodstock, Carrigtwohill he farmed there until his death in 1851.