Mac Con Iomaire, Tomás (c.1874-?)
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 15:41 | by Eoghan
Tomás Mac Con Iomaire (front row, second from left; with the kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, UCD)
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.
Photos
Tomás Mac Con Iomaire (front row, second from left; with the kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, UCD)
Biographical Note
Mac Con Iomaire (Mhac Con Iomaire, Mac an Iomaire, Ridge), Tomás (Thomas) (c.1874-?): Tomás Mac Con Iomaire was born in Cuilleen, Carna, county Galway, around 1874. He attended Carna National School. His father was a farmer and fisherman and he himself was a farmer (according to the Personalbogen form). According to Seán Mac Giollarnáth (Loinnir Mac Leabhair agus sgéalta gaisgidh eile, Dublin, 1936) he also spent years working on the sea. He was living in Cuilleen, Carna, during the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000805311/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002375342/]. He and his wife, Norah, whom he married around 1905, had three children by 1911. Both he and his brother, Pádhraic, provided folkloric material to the collector Liam Mac Coisdealbha. Tomás supplied a number of stories to Seán Mac Giollarnáth which were published in Loinnir Mac Leabhair agus sgéalta gaisgidh eile. Folkloric material collected from him may be found in the National Folklore Collection, UCD, also. He is mentioned in the diary of Liam Mac Coisdealbha (NFC, Vol. 185, 28/11/1935; 2/12/1935).
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 | Male |
|---|---|
| Personalbogen form(s) for this speaker (RIA Library ref.) | Doegen P-B/168 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1133 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Fianna Éireann agus Rí Lochlann - Tomás Mac Con Iomaire (c.1874-?) |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1133d1 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Tomás |
| Surname (Canonical) | Mac Con Iomaire |
| Alias forename(s) | Thomas |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Galway |
| Address | Cuilleen, Carna, Co. Galway |
| Age | 56 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Cuilleen, Carna, Co. Galway |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Cuilleen, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Cuilleen, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Cuilleen, Carna, Co. Galway |
| Education | Primary school, Carna National School, Co. Galway |
| Father's home place | Cuilleen, Co. Galway |
| Mother's home place | Cuilleen, Co. Galway |
| Father's profession | Farmer and fisherman |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | A little English |
| Able to read? | Yes (English) |
| Able to write? | Yes (English) |
| Able to play a musical instrument? | No |
| Able to sing or play modern European kinds of music? | No |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Profession | Farmer |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Tomás Ó Máille |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | No data |
