Óráid Liam Mhic Cosgair faoi thaifeadtaí Doegen - William T. Cosgrave

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:02 | by Eoghan

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Transcript

Mr President of University College Cork, Professor Dennis, Professor Binchy, Professor O'Donoghue, I find a very singular pleasure in coming here to place on record with the dialects of Munster Irish and many other notabilities this record of my voice, coming straight from Paris where there has been subscribed by fourteen nations an instrument which I hope also will stand the test of time and which will in its way effect some advantage to humanity.

This is a particularly unique opportunity in as much as that there is also retained here the dialects of Munster Irish for generations to come.

And it is fitting that this reproduction of my voice should take place in University College Cork, where we may say that the cream of the people of Munster assemble in the halls here to daily add to their knowledge which will benefit them in years to come in many walks of life.

Commentary

W.T. Cosgrave was head of the Irish Government that instigated the Doegen scheme in 1926. This short speech by him was captured on 5 September 1928 during the scheme's first week of recordings, which took place in University College Cork. In it he makes passing reference to the Kellogg-Briand Pact, signed in Paris on 27 August 1928.

Title in English: Address by W.T. Cosgrave on the occasion of the making of the Doegen recordings in Cork
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy

Description of the Recording:

Speaker: William T. Cosgrave from Co. Dublin
Person who made the recording: Wilhelm Doegen
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 05-09-1928 at 19:00:00 in German Room, University College Cork. Recorded on 05-09-1928 at 19:00:00 in German Room, University College Cork.
Archive recording (ID LA_1054d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 01:48 minutes long. Archive recording (ID LA_1054d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 01:48 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1054d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 01:36 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1054d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 01:36 minutes long.

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