Breathnach, Mícheál
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 15:41 | by Eoghan
Mícheál Breathnach, left (with the kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, UCD)
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.
Photos
Mícheál Breathnach, left (with the kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, UCD)
Biographical Note
Breathnach (Walsh), Mícheál (Michael) (1864-?): Mícheál Breathnach was born in Maum, county Galway, on September 25, 1864, to Pat and Anne Walsh. He received no formal education. Like his father, Mícheál was a farmer. He spent some time in England as an adult. He was living in Maum West during the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000837791/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002429991/]. He and his wife, Winefred (Winifred), whom he married around 1891, had eight children by 1911. A good deal of material collected from him is housed in the National Folklore Collection, UCD. Seán Ó Mocháin published 'Corr-Shliabh' and 'Na hÉiníní', recited by Mícheál Breathnach, in An Stoc (August, 1926).
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/154 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1116, LA 1117 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | An scoláire bocht (cuid 1) - Mícheál Breathnach An scoláire bocht (cuid 2) - Mícheál Breathnach |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1116d1, LA_1117g1 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Mícheál |
| Surname (Canonical) | Breathnach |
| Alias forename(s) | Michael |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Galway |
| Address | Maum (Maam), Co. Galway |
| Age | 66 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Maum (Maam), Co. Galway |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Oughterard, Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Maum (Maam), Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Maum (Maam), Co. Galway |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Maam and part of the time in England |
| Education | No formal education |
| Father's home place | Maam, Co. Galway |
| Mother's home place | Maam, Co. Galway |
| Father's profession | Farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | A little English |
| Able to read? | Yes (a little English) |
| Able to write? | Yes (a little 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, Myles Dillon |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "Dunkel." |
