Ó Scolaí, Séamas
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 Scolaí (Ó Sgolaí, Scully), Séamas (James, Jacobus) (1868-?): Séamas Ó Scolaí was born in Crossterry, Glengarriff, county Cork, on 21 April 1868. His parents were Jeremiah Scully and Catherine Sullivan. Both he and his father were farmers. He received no formal education. He lived in Crossterry throughout his life, except for periods he spent in Wales as an adult. He married his wife, Julia, around 1902. They had three daughters and one son in 1911. See the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000499101/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001824261/].
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/49, Doegen P-B/50 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1079, LA 1080 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | An buachaill aimsire agus an cailín (cuid 1) - Séamas Ó Scolaí An buachaill aimsire agus an cailín (cuid 2) - Séamas Ó Scolaí Paidir an Tiarna - Séamas Ó Scolaí Murchadh agus Maonas - Séamas Ó Scolaí Ag teacht ón Aifreann - Séamas Ó Scolaí An triúr deartháir - Séamas Ó Scolaí |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1079d1, LA_1079d2, LA_1079d3, LA_1080d1, LA_1080d2, LA_1080d3 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Séamas |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Scolaí |
| Alias forename(s) | No data. |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Cork |
| Address | Crossterry, Glengarriff, Co. Cork |
| Age | 60 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Crossterry, Co. Cork |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Bantry, Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Crossterry, Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Crossterry, Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Crossterry (Crosterry), Co. Cork, except for long visits paid to Wales during a period of ten years. |
| Education | No formal education |
| Father's home place | Crossterry (Crosterry), Co. Cork |
| Mother's home place | Near Crossterry (Crosterry), Co. Cork |
| Father's profession | Farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | None |
| 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 | Farmer |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Osborn Bergin, Wilhelm Doegen, Tomás Ó Rathile |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "hell/ha mit nasalierend weichem Einschlag. mittlere Stimmkraft , geringe Konsonanz, nasalierend klingende Stimme" (Wilhelm Doegen) |
