Ó Sé, Pádraig
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 15:39 | 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
Ó Sé (Shea), Pádraig (Patrick) (c.1873-?): Pádraig Ó Sé was born in Ardgroom, county Cork, around 1873. He went to school in Collorus, near Ardgroom. Both he and his father were farmers. As an adult, he spent ten years in America (c. 1896-1906), and then returned to Ardgroom. As well as his version of the Parable of the Prodigal Son (available on this site over two tracks), Doegen recorded his renditions of two songs by Diarmaid Ó Sé na Bolgaí (see http://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=1225) and another item entitled ‘Tráthnóinín Déanach’ (‘One evening late’); these do not survive, however, as the wax matrix was destroyed en route to Germany and no shellac disc was manufactured.
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/45, Doegen P-B/46 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1075, LA 1076 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | An mac scaiptheach (cuid 1) - Pádraig Ó Sé An mac scaiptheach (cuid 2) - Pádraig Ó Sé |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1075d1, LA_1075d2 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Pádraig |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Sé |
| Alias forename(s) | Patrick |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Cork |
| Address | Ardgroom, Bear, Co. Cork |
| Age | 55 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Ardgroom, Co. Cork |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Castletown Bearhaven (Castletownbeare), Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Ardgroom, Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Ardgroom, Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | In America for 10 years (from age 23); rest in Ardgroom, Co. Cork. |
| Education | Primary school, Calarus (?), near Ardgroom, Co. Cork |
| Father's home place | Ardgroom, Co. Cork |
| Mother's home place | Ardgroom, Co. Cork |
| Father's profession | Farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | 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 | Osborn Bergin, Wilhelm Doegen, Tomás Ó Rathile |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "he/ha mit weich[em] klingenden Einschlag gering nasalierend, mittlere Stimmkraft, geringe stimmlose Konsonanz. BeimSingen kräftig nasalierend." (Wilhelm Doegen) |
