de Barra returned to Ireland in 2002, continuing to perform with Clann Zú on their final tour throughout 2004 in Canada and Australia. In 2005 he released a debut solo album, Song of a Thousand Birds followed by "A Fire to Scare the Sun" in 2008, and "Fragments Footprints & the Forgotten" in 2011, all on Swedish Label, Black Star Foundation.
In 2002, de Barra returned to Ireland and continued performing with Clann Zú on their final tour in Canada and Australia. In 2005, he released his first solo album titled "Song of a Thousand Birds," followed by "A Fire to Scare the Sun" in 2008 and "Fragments Footprints & the Forgotten" in 2011, all on Swedish Label, Black Star Foundation.