Ó Luineacháin, Diarmaid
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 Luineacháin (Ó Luineaháin, Linehan, Lenihan), Diarmaid (Jer, Jeremiah) (1854-?): Diarmaid Ó Luineacháin was born in Clondrohid, county Cork, in 1854. He was baptised 20 July 1854. His parents were Jeremiah Lenihan, blacksmith, and Mary Murphy. Diarmaid was a blacksmith also, though he was retired at the time of the Doegen recordings. He attended primary school in Clondrohid. As an adult, he lived for 20 years in Macroom before moving to Cork city, which is where he was living for the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000514507/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001860676/]. He married his wife, Mary, around 1881. They had eight children.
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/27, Doegen P-B/28 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1057, LA 1058 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Asal Charraig an Phúca - Diarmaid Ó Luineacháin Ag bun Ros na Coille - Diarmaid Ó Luineacháin Is fada dhom ar buaireamh - Diarmaid Ó Luineacháin Ceo draíochta - Diarmaid Ó Luineacháin |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1057d1, LA_1057d2, LA_1058d1, LA_1058d2 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Diarmaid |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Luineacháin |
| Alias forename(s) | Jer |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Cork |
| Address | Cork City (or Clondrohid, Co. Cork) |
| Age | 73 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Clondrohid, Co. Cork |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Macroom, Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Clondrohid, Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Clondrohid, Co. Cork |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Macroom, Co. Cork (20 years); and Cork city. |
| Education | Primary school, Clondrohid, Co. Cork |
| Father's home place | Kanturk, Co. Cork |
| Mother's home place | Clondrohid, Co. Cork |
| Father's profession | Smith |
| 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? | Yes (formerly played fiddle) |
| Able to sing or play modern European kinds of music? | No |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Profession | Blacksmith (retired) |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Osborn Bergin, Wilhelm Doegen, Tomás Ó Rathile |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "geringe Stimmkraft u[nd] Konsonanz mh/[ha?] mit [w?] hartem Einschlag. schnelles Tempo." (Wilhelm Doegen) |
