Mullrooney, Eileen
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
Mullrooney (Ní Mhaolrúnaigh, Mulrooney), Eileen (Eibhlín, Ellen) (c.1856-?): Eileen Mullrooney was born in Lissavruggy, Ballygar, county Galway, around 1856. She received no formal education. Her father was a weaver. As an adult, she lived in Cloonlyon, Ballygar, and then in Tully, Ballygar. She was living there during the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000834212/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000834212/]. She married James Mulrooney around 1882. They had nine children but only five survived.
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 | Female |
|---|---|
| Personalbogen form(s) for this speaker (RIA Library ref.) | Doegen P-B/176 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1141 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Aindrias Ó Lócháin agus an sagart - Eileen Mullrooney Péarlaí deas an tSléibhe Bháin - Eileen Mullrooney |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1141g1, LA_1141g2 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Eileen |
| Surname (Canonical) | Mullrooney |
| Alias forename(s) | Ellen |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Galway |
| Address | Tully, Ballygar, Co. Galway |
| Age | 74 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Lissavruggy, Ballygar, Co. Galway |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Ballygar, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Lissavruggy, Ballygar, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Lissavruggy, Ballygar, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | 10 years in Cloonlyon (Cloonlion), Ballygar, Co. Galway, after that in Tully, Ballygar, Co. Galway. |
| Education | No formal education |
| Father's home place | Lissavruggy, Co. Galway |
| Mother's home place | Lissavruggy, Co. Galway |
| Father's profession | Weaver |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | English |
| Able to read? | Yes (a little English) |
| 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 | No data. |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Tomás Ó Máille |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | No data |
