Mac Amhlaoibh, Brian
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 15:41 | by Eoghan
Barney MacAulay (RIA Library Collection)
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.
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Barney MacAulay (RIA Library Collection)
Biographical Note
Mac Amhlaoibh (McAuley, McAulay), Brian (Barney Bhriain, The 'Bhréin) (1850-1941): Born in Ballyemon, county Antrim, in June 1850, his father's name was Brian Mac Amhlaoibh also. He moved to Glenariffe, county Antrim, before the age of six and he attended school there. He was a farmer but he also spent 11 years in the merchant marine. He married Elizabeth Black of Legdrina on 30 November 1886. They seem to have had three sons, Patrick, James and Daniel, who were also known as Irish speakers. He died in Glenariffe on 8 March 1941 and is buried there. For folklore collected from him see, for example, Seosamh Watson, 'Séamus Ó Duilearga's Antrim Notebooks – I: Texts', Zeitschrift fuer celtische Philologie 40 (1984), 74-117, and Seosamh Watson, 'Séamus Ó Duilearga's Co. Antrim Notebooks', Éigse 20 (1984), 187-211. A good deal of information about Brian Mac Amhlaoibh, his forbears and his family has been made available by Dr Ciarán Ó Duibhín at http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~oduibhin/doegen/. Further references are to be found there also regarding the folkloric material collected from him.
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/62, Doegen P-B/64, Doegen P-B/65 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1202 I, LA 1203, LA 1204 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | An mac scaiptheach - Brian Mac Amhlaoibh Oisín i ndiaidh na Féinne - Brian Mac Amhlaoibh Cogadh na ngaiscíoch (cuid 1) - Brian Mac Amhlaoibh Cogadh na ngaiscíoch (cuid 2) - Brian Mac Amhlaoibh |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1202d1, LA_1203d1, LA_1203d2, LA_1204d1 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Brian |
| Surname (Canonical) | Mac Amhlaoibh |
| Alias forename(s) | Bernard (Senior) |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Antrim |
| Address | Clonreagh, Glenariff, Co. Antrim |
| Age | 81 |
| Date of birth | 1850-06 |
| Place of birth | Ballyeman (?), Cushendall, Co. Antrim |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Ballymena, Co. Antrim |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Ballyeman (?), Co. Antrim; Glenariff, Co. Antrim |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Glenariff, Co. Antrim |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Glenariff, Co. Antrim |
| Education | Primary school, Glenariff, Co. Antrim |
| Father's home place | Glenariff, Co. Antrim |
| Mother's home place | Glenariff, Co. Antrim |
| Father's profession | Farmer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Mother tongue | Irish and English |
| Languages spoken other than Irish | English |
| Able to read? | Yes (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 | Myles Dillon, M.A. O'Brien |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "Strong voice and fairly clear, but uneven." (Myles Dillon) |
