Ó Niadh, Tomás
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 15:39 | by Eoghan
Tomás Ó Niadh (front row, third 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 Ó Niadh (front row, third from left; with the kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, UCD)
Biographical Note
Ó Niadh (Nee), Tomás (Thomas) (c.1863-?): Tomás Ó Niadh was born in Bunnahown, Cashel, county Galway, around 1863. He received some primary education in Cashel. His father was a farmer and he himself was a weaver and farmer. As an adult, he spent a year in America and a year in Scotland. He was living in Bunnahown with his family during the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000805693/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002376212/]. He and his wife, Bridget, whom he married around 1890, had eleven children by 1911, but there were only nine surviving at that time. Some folkloric material collected from him is available in the National Folklore Collection, UCD.
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/172 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1137 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Faraor géar deacrach! - Tomás Ó Niadh Coinleach glas an fhómhair - Tomás Ó Niadh Tiobóid Sheáin Mhóir - Tomás Ó Niadh |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1137g1, LA_1137g2, LA_1137g3 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Tomás |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Niadh |
| Alias forename(s) | Thomas |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Galway |
| Address | Bunnahown, Cashel, Connemara, Co. Galway |
| Age | 67 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Bunnahown, Cashel, Co. Galway |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Roundstone, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Bunnahown, Cashel, Connemara, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Bunnahown, Cashel, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | America 1 year; Scotland 1 year |
| Education | "A little", Cashel, Co. Galway |
| Father's home place | Kylemore, Co. Galway |
| Mother's home place | Inishnee, Roundstone, Co. Galway |
| Father's profession | Small 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 ("can sing a little") |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Profession | Weaver and farmer |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Tomás Ó Máille |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | No data |
