Ó Dileáin, Liam
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 15:39 | 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.
Personal Details Form ('Personalbogen')
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| Personalbogen form(s) for this speaker (RIA Library ref.) | Doegen P-B/195 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1165 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | Seacht sléibhte an óir - Liam Ó Dileáin |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1165g1 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Liam |
| Surname (Canonical) | Ó Dileáin |
| Alias forename(s) | William |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Clare |
| Address | Knockeevan (?), Luogh, Co. Clare |
| Age | 62 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Knockeevan (?), Co. Clare |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Ennistimon, Co. Clare |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Knockeevan (?), Co. Clare |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Knockeevan (?), Co. Clare |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Knockeevan (?), Co. Clare |
| Education | "Only a few months", Daigh Bhríde (?), parish of Liscannor, Co. Clare |
| Father's home place | Derreen (?), parish of Ballyvaghan (Ballyvaughan), Co. Clare |
| Mother's home place | Slievenageeragh, near Knockeevan (?), Co. Clare |
| Father's profession | Small farmer and fisherman |
| 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? | No |
| Able to sing or play modern European kinds of music? | No |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Profession | Labourer and small farmer with land of one crust(?) |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Séamus Ó Duilearga, Tomás Ó Máille |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "Speaker became nervous, spoke very rapidly and at times rather indistinctly and not sufficiently loud." (Tomás Ó Máille) |
