Riocard Bairéad

Riocard Bairéad (aka Dici or Dick Buiread, Richard Barrett) (b.1735–40 – d. 1818/19 ), was an Irish poet and satirist best remembered for his songs Eoghan Coir, a mock lament for a landlord's bailiff, and "Preab san Ól", a drinking song which is said to sum up "his merry philosophy of life". He was among the United Irishmen in his native County Mayo who survived their French-assisted insurrection in August 1798. Bairéad wrote in both Irish and English, and in a macaronic mixture of the two. His satirical style that has been compared both to Jonathan Swift and to Robbie Burns.