Ó Bruadair, Dáibhí

Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, The, January, 2000 by ROBERT WELCH

Ó Bruadair, Dáibhí (?1625–1698), poet. Born in the area around Carrigtwohill in eastern Co. Cork, he received training at a bardic school. The body of his work almost uniquely provides a native Irish perspective on the social upheavals of the turbulent period between the Rebellion of 1641 and its bitter sequel in Cromwell's campaign in Ireland, to the devastation of Catholic hopes with the Treaty of Limerick [see Williamite War ].

In one of Ó Bruadair's earliest poems, ‘Adoramus Te Christe’ , written about 1648 and beginning ‘Adhraim thú, a thaidhbhse ár gcrú’ , he dedicates his literary powers to the praise of the Lord. In much of his subsequent writings he addressed the transformation of...

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