Life, lore and song : essays in Irish tradition in honour of Ríonach uí Ógáin = 'Binneas at tSiansa' : aistí in onóir do Ríonach uí Ógáin / Kelly Fitzgerald, Bairbre Ní Fhloinn, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail & Anne O'Connor, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

uí Ógáin, Ríonach, honouree.

Fitzgerald, Kelly (Folklorist), editor.

Ní Fhloinn, Bairbre, editor.

Ní Úrdail, Meidhbhín, editor.

O'Connor, Anne, 1958- editor.

Language:

English

Irish

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Ireland.

Folklore.

Ireland.

uí Ógáin, Ríonach--Criticism and interpretation.

uí Ógáin, Ríonach.

Folk music--Ireland--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xiv, 322 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Binneas at tSiansa

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland ; Chicago, IL : Four Courts Press, [2019]

Language Note:

17 contributions in English, 10 in Irish.

Summary:

In 'Life, lore and song: essays in Irish tradition in honour of Ríonach uí Ógáin / 'Binneas an tSiansa': Aistí in onóir do Ríonach uí Ógáin', twenty-seven contributors offer a variety of scholarly and personal tributes to Ríonach uí Ógáin, professor emeritus of Irish Folklore and former director of the National Folklore Collection. The book engages with themes that have characterized her substantial contribution to scholarship both nationally and internationally, exploring topics such as the historical connections between traditional archives in Ireland, Scotland and the Nordic countries, folklore and folklore collecting, Irish folk tradition and ethnology, traditional music and song, and Irish manuscripts and poetry as rich sources of Irish tradition.

In 'Life, lore and song: essays in Irish tradition in honour of R�ionach u�i �Og�ain / 'Binneas an tSiansa': Aist�i in on�oir do R�ionach u�i �Og�ain', twenty-seven contributors offer a variety of scholarly and personal tributes to R�ionach u�i �Og�ain, professor emeritus of Irish Folklore and former director of the National Folklore Collection. The book engages with themes that have characterized her substantial contribution to scholarship both nationally and internationally, exploring topics such as the historical connections between traditional archives in Ireland, Scotland and the Nordic countries, folklore and folklore collecting, Irish folk tradition and ethnology, traditional music and song, and Irish manuscripts and poetry as rich sources of Irish tradition.

Contents:

Part 1 Ríonach UÍ Ógáin's Folklore Recordings in the National Folklore Collection

1 Saibhriú na cartlainne: liosta taifeadtaí obair pháirce Ríonach uí Ógáin p. 1 / Anna Bale

2 'The landscape of tradition is constantly changing': five decades of contributions to the understanding of Irish vernacular culture p. 9 / Kelly Fitzgerald

3 The visual context of tradition: Ríonach uí Ógáin's photographic work p. 17 / Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh

Part 2 Historical Collecting, Manuscript and Literary Sources, and the History of Tradition Archives

4 Alma agus Jeremiah Curtin i gConamara p. 19 / Angela Bourke

5 An táilliúireacht trí shúile na bprintíseach: dhá chuntas ón naoú haois déag p. 28 / Síle de Cléir

6 An Craoibhín Aoibhinn ina bhailitheoir óg béaloidis: fianaise a nótaí i Lámhscríbhinn G 1070, i Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann p. 40 / Liam Mac Mathúna

7 Friendship at the core: Ireland, Sweden and the School of Scottish Studies p. 54 / Margaret A. Mackay

8 Neilí O'Brien and the Gaelic League p. 67 / Maureen Murphy

9 Deascán ó Chorea Dhuibhne agus ó Chairbre i mbailiúchán lámhscríbhinní an Fheiritéaraigh p. 77 / Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail

10 Moladh aráin Thaidhg Uí Choileáin p. 100 / Éamonn Ó hÓgáin

11 The feast days of the Blessed Virgin: Séamas Mac Cuarta's forgotten 'decade' p. 109 / Seosamh Watson

Part 3 Irish Traditional Song and Music

12 'An unique and very curious book': Irish song manuscript RIA 23 F p. 131 / Nicholas Carolan

13 Róisín Dubh: athchuairt p. 142 / Cathal Goan

14 Mórsheisear scéilíní faoi chúrsaí ceoil p. 153 / Séamas Ó Catháin

15 Peannphictiúir: ceathrar banamhránaithe i ndialanna Sheáin Uí Eochaidh p. 160 / Lillis Ó Laoire

16 From Ladywell to the Liberties: conversations with Finbar Boyle p. 178 / Tom Sherlock

17 A musicscape from the early nineteenth century p. 188 / Fionnuala Carson Williams

Part 4 Aspects of Irish Folklore and Ethnology

18 The Emancipator in the mirror of folk narrative: projection and prejudice in an anecdote about Daniel O'Connell p. 202 / Barbara Hillers

19 Wise men and little women: 6 January in Irish popular tradition p. 214 / Bairbre Ní Fhloinn

20 Pisreoga a bhaineas leis an mbás: superstition and effective human behaviour p. 224 / Stiofán Ó Cadhla

21 The colours we wore p. 238 / Anne O'Dowd

22 'Echoes out of the vast silence'? Ancient traditions and folklore p. 254 / Diarmuid Ó Giolláin

23 Snátha i seanchas na mallacht p. 263 / Pádraig Ó Héalaí

Part 5 Folklore Collecting - Personal Perspectives

24 'Joy's soul lies in the doing': the pleasure of fieldwork p. 271 / Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Almqvist

25 The contribution of Séamus Ó Cinnéide to the Schools' Folklore Collection, 1937-8 p. 278 / William Nolan

26 Stories my mother told me: collecting folklore from a woman of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary p. 292 / Anne O'Connor

27 'What will we be?' - A spirit of hope distilled p. 303 / Vincent Woods.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781846828102

1846828104

OCLC:

1120188721

Publisher Number:

99984288821