Ó Corcráin, 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 Corcráin (Corcoran), Tomás (Thomas) (c.1846-?): Tomás Ó Corcráin, farmer, was born in Bohadoon, county Waterford, around 1846. He attended primary school locally. He married Johana Corcoran around 1897 and they had four sons and three daughters. They were living in Bohadoon during the censuses of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001247032/] and 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003479100/]. Material collected from him by Nioclás Breathnach and Pádraig Ó Milléadha is housed in the National Folklore Collection, UCD. Nioclás Breathnach has a short account in his diary of the first time he met Tomás (2/3/1936), which is in the National Folklore Collection also.
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 |
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| Personalbogen form(s) for this speaker (RIA Library ref.) | Doegen P-B/22, Doegen P-B/23 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1052, LA 1053 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | An mac scaiptheach (cuid 1) - Tomás Ó Corcráin An mac scaiptheach (cuid 2) - Tomás Ó Corcráin An mac scaiptheach (cuid 3) - Tomás Ó Corcráin Thánaíos 'on bhaile seo aréir - Tomás Ó Corcráin |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1052d1, LA_1052d2, LA_1053d1, LA_1053d2 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Tomás |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Corcráin |
| Alias forename(s) | Thomas |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Waterford |
| Address | Bohadoon (Bohodoon), Co. Waterford |
| Age | 82 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Bohadoon (Bohodoon), Co. Waterford |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Dungarvan, Co. Waterford |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Bohadoon (Bohodoon), Co. Waterford |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Bohadoon (Bohodoon), Co. Waterford |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Bohadoon (Bohodoon), Co. Waterford |
| Education | Primary school, Bohadoon (Bohodoon), Co. Waterford |
| Father's home place | Bohadoon (Bohodoon), Co. Waterford |
| Mother's home place | Newcastle, Co. Tipperary |
| Father's profession | Farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | English |
| Able to read? | Yes (Irish and English) |
| Able to write? | Yes (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 | Osborn Bergin, Wilhelm Doegen, Tomás Ó Rathile |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "mh, ka, gering w[eichem] Einsch[la]g. nasalisierende vibrat. schwache Stimme, charakterl. d[es] Alters stimmlose Konsonant schlecht. Sprecher und Sänger hört schwer." (Wilhelm Doegen) |
