Ó Ceithearnaigh, Máirtín
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
Ó Ceithearnaigh (Carney, Ó Ceárna), Máirtín (Martin) (c.1863-?): Máirtín Ó Ceithearnaigh was born in Cloghbrack, Clonbur, county Galway, around 1863. He received no formal education. His father was a farmer and he himself was a farmer and sailor. His mother’s name was Bridget Carney. He was living in Cloghbrack during the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000836981/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002428707/]. He married Margaret Carney around 1888. They had two daughters and one son. In the Irish Folklore Collection, there is a description by collector Proinnsias de Búrca of the first time he met Máirtín, while fishing, in 1935. According to de Búrca, the family lived in 'the furthest house west in the glen', between two hills, in 'Gleann Tréig, Cloich Bhric'. In 1941, his married son and daughter-in-law and their children were living in the house with him. Folkloric material collected from him is housed in the National Folklore Collection, UCD. Proinnsias de Búrca’s diary entries on him are under the name Máirtín Ó Ceárna (NFC, Vol. 343, 25/9/1935.; NFC, Vol. 873, 15/7/1941, 20/7/1941).
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/146 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1106 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Dán Dhonncha Mhóir - Máirtín Ó Ceithearnaigh |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1106g1 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Máirtín |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Ceithearnaigh |
| Alias forename(s) | No data. |
| Alias surname(s) | No data. |
| County of origin | Co. Galway |
| Address | Gleann Tréig, Clonbur, Co. Galway |
| Age | 67 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Cloghbrack, Clonbur, Co. Galway |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Clonbur, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Cloghbrack, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Cloghbrack, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Cloghbrack, Co. Galway |
| Education | No formal education |
| Father's home place | Cloghbrack, Co. Galway |
| Mother's home place | Cloghbrack, Co. Galway |
| Father's profession | Farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | No other language |
| 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 and sailor |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Tomás Ó Máille, M. Díolún (= Myles Dillon) |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | No data |
