Mac Gearailt, Mícheál
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
Mac Gearailt (Fitzgerald, Icearailt), Mícheál (Míhál, Michael, Maidhc Pheats) (c.1892-1941). He was born in Dunquin, county Kerry, around 1892. He was the eldest of ten children (eight surviving) of Peats Icearailt/Patrick Fitzgerald, farmer and fisherman, and Mary Fitzgerald. He received no formal education. He was living with his family in Coumeenoule in Dunquin for the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000861908/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002480310/]. He was a farmer and fisherman and, according to a piece written by Seosamh Ó Dála in September 1944, he was also a stonemason as a young man. According to the same piece, he was a telented dancer and musician. He appears not to have married. He was taken ill in January 1941 and died in hospital a few days later, aged 50. A good deal of folkloric material collected from him is housed in the National Folklore Collection, UCD, including Seosamh Dála’s account of Mícheál Mac Gearailt.
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/54, Doegen P-B/55 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1085, LA 1086 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Fionn agus an fear gorm - Mícheál Mac Gearailt An bheirt iascairithe agus Dónall Ó Conaill - Mícheál Mac Gearailt Coigilt na tine - Mícheál Mac Gearailt Na coiscéimí - Mícheál Mac Gearailt |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1085d1, LA_1086d1, LA_1086d2, LA_1086d3 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Mícheál |
| Surname (Canonical) | Mac Gearailt |
| Alias forename(s) | Míhál |
| Alias surname(s) | No data. |
| County of origin | Co. Kerry |
| Address | Dunquin, Dingle, Co. Kerry |
| Age | 36 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Dunquin, Co. Kerry |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Dingle, Co. Kerry |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Dunquin, Co. Kerry |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Dunquin, Co. Kerry |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Dunquin and neighbouring parishes. |
| Education | No formal education |
| Father's home place | Dunquin, Co. Kerry |
| Mother's home place | near Dunquin, Co. Kerry |
| Father's profession | Farmer and fisherman |
| 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 and fisherman |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Osborn Bergin, Wilhelm Doegen, Tomás Ó Rathile |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "[mhe?]/ha mit weich, gering nasalierend[em] Einschlag, mittlere Stimmkraft, sehr schnelles Tempo. mittlere stimml[ose] Konsonanz." (Wilhelm Doegen) |
