Mullryan, Brigid
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 15:40 | by Eoghan
A personal details form (‘Personalbogen’) was completed for each speaker at the Doegen Scheme recording sessions 1928-31. The information displayed below is derived mainly from these forms.
Biographical Note
Mullryan (Ní Mhaoilriain), Brigid (Brighid) (c.1860-?): Brigid Mullryan was born in Cloonacauneen, Montiagh, Claregalway, county Galway, around 1860. She received no formal education. Her father was a farmer. She lived in Montiagh until she was 27, and then in Addergoole, Corrandulla, county Galway, thereafter. She was there during the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000814461/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002451610/]. She married Michael Mulryan around 1895. They had three daughters and one son. She was 80 years of age when collector Liam Mac Coisdealbha collected folkloric material from her in 1936. Material collected from her is housed in the National Folklore Collection, UCD. She appears in Liam mac Coisdealbha’s diary (NFC, Vol. 185, 11/5/1936).
Personal Details Form ('Personalbogen')
A personal details form (‘Personalbogen’) was completed for each speaker at the Doegen Scheme recording sessions 1928-31. The information displayed below is derived mainly from these forms. | Sex | Female |
|---|---|
| Personalbogen form(s) for this speaker (RIA Library ref.) | Doegen P-B/180 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1148 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Na naoi rainn - Brigid Mullryan Cúig achainí na Maighdine - Brigid Mullryan |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1148d1, LA_1148d2 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Brigid |
| Surname (Canonical) | Mullryan |
| Alias forename(s) | Brighid |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Galway |
| Address | Addergoole (Adrigoole), Corrandulla (Carrandulla), Co. Galway |
| Age | 70 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Cloonacawneen (?), Montiagh (?), Claregalway, Co.
Galway |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Montiagh (?), Claregalway, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Montiagh (?), Claregalway, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Addergoole (Adragoole), Claregalway, Co. Galway |
| Education | No formal education |
| Father's home place | Cloonacawneen (?), Claregalway, Co. Galway |
| Mother's home place | Montiagh (?), Co. Galway |
| Father's profession | Farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | No data. |
| Able to read? | No |
| Able to write? | No |
| Able to play a musical instrument? | No |
| Able to sing or play modern European kinds of music? | No |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Profession | No data. |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Tomás Ó Máille |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "Speaks with a very light voice." |
