Ó Fathaigh, Mícheál
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 Fathaigh (Fahey), Mícheál (Michael) (c.1878-?): Mícheál Ó Fathaigh was born in Tawin Island, county Galway, around 1878. He attended Tawin National School. Like his father, he was a farmer. As an adult, he spent a year in England and a year in America. He was living in the vicinity of Oranmore during the census of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000806359/]. He was living about a mile outside of Galway when folklore collector Proinnsias de Búrca met him many years later. He used to return to Tawin to reap the harvest. He is described in de Búrca’s diary as a man of about 60 who was a little lame. The diary also mentions the time he had spent with Éamon de Valera years before in the Irish-language college in Tawin. Further folkoric material collected from him is available in the National Folklore Collection, UCD, as is Proinnsias de Búrca’s diary (NFC, Vol. 343, 31/7/1936; 1/8/1936).
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/181 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1149 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Curaidh crua na Craoibhe Ruaidh' - Mícheál Ó Fathaigh |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1149g1 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Mícheál |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Fathaigh |
| Alias forename(s) | Michael |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Galway |
| Address | Tawin, Oranmore, Co. Galway |
| Age | 52 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Tawin, Oranmore, Co. Galway |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Tawin, Oranmore, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Tawin, Oranmore, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Tawin, Oranmore, Co. Galway, but spent 1 year in England and one year in America. |
| Education | Primary school, Tawin National School, Co. Galway |
| Father's home place | Tawin, Oranmore, Co. Galway |
| Mother's home place | Lisheenavalla (Lisheenanvalla), Turloughmore, Co. Galway |
| Father's profession | Farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | No data. |
| Able to read? | Yes (Irish and English) |
| Able to write? | Yes (Irish and English) |
| Able to play a musical instrument? | No |
| Able to sing or play modern European kinds of music? | No |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Profession | Farmer |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Tomás Ó Máille |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "Speaks with considerable resonance and mouth rather close and this dims and blurs the effect." |
