Ó Cearbhaill, Tomás
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
Ó Cearbhaill (Carrol, Carroll), Tomás (Thomas, Tom) (1860-?): Tomás Ó Cearbhaill, farmer, was born in Letterbrone, county Sligo in 1860, to Tom Carroll, gamekeeper and farmer, and Bridget Quinn. He was baptized on February 29, 1860. He received no formal education. Apart from periods spent working in England, he appears to have lived his whole life in Letterbrone. He was living there during the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003878870/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003878870/]. He got much of his folkloric material from his mother, who died in 1907. A small amount of folkloric material collected from him is housed in the National Folklore Collection, UCD. He appears in Liam Mac Coisdealbha’s diary in the National Folklore Collection (Vol. 427, 25/11/1937; 29/11/1937).
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/162 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1126 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Na cait fhiáine - Tomás Ó Cearbhaill |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1126g1 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Tomás |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Cearbhaill |
| Alias forename(s) | Thomas |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Sligo |
| Address | Letterbrone, Co. Sligo |
| Age | 70 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Letterbrone, Co. Sligo |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Sligo, Co. Sligo |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Letterbrone, Co. Sligo |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Letterbrone, Co. Sligo |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Letterbrone, Co. Sligo |
| Education | No formal education |
| Father's home place | Letterbrone, Co. Sligo |
| Mother's home place | Letterbrone, Co. Sligo |
| Father's profession | Gamekeeper and farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | English |
| Able to read? | No |
| Able to write? | No |
| Able to play a musical instrument? | Yes (flute) |
| 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. | "Speaker not very good." |
