sentences:  In the pre-reformation period tithes were a voluntary offering to the clergy in thanks for their work.It was divided in three, one third was for to provide education for all the poor and youth in the parish, one third to provide for the needs of the impoverished and the balance for the upkeep of the church.This was written By Dáibhí de Barra in an account of a tithe affray at Rossmore Strand, Carrightohill.