Turraoin, Mícheál
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 15:39 | by Eoghan
Mícheál Turraoin (with the kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, UCD)
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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Mícheál Turraoin (with the kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, UCD)
Biographical Note
Turraoin (Traoin, Terry), Mícheál (Míhál, Maidhc Dháith) (1878-1963): Mícheál Turraoin was born 20 March 1878 in Park, Knockanpower Lower, in the parish of Ringagonagh, county Waterford. His father was Dáibhidh Turraoin (David Terry), a fisherman, and his mother was Siobhán Ní Mhuirighthe (Johanna Murray). Having been evicted from their home, the family moved in with a neighbour, Siobhán Ní Churraoin, for a number of years until they got a house in Ballynagaul Beg. Mícheál never learnt to read or write. He spent periods fishing, herding, doing farm labour, working on the roads, and working as a servant. He was in Ballycurreen, county Waterford, working as a farm labourer for the census of 1901 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001246551/]. He married Bríd Ní Bheaglaoich in 1901, and moved into her house. They were living in Ballymacart Lower during the census of 1911 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003477745/]. They had fifteen children. Mícheál got employment as a traditional storyteller and caretaker in Coláiste na Rinne. He died 13 October 1963, in St. Joseph's Home in Dungarvan. For folkloric material collected from him, as well as further biographical information, see Mícheál Ó Cionnfhaolaidh, Beatha Mhichíl Turraoin, maille le sceulta agus seanachas (Dublin, 1956), and Máirtín Verling (ed.), Leabhar Mhaidhc Dháith: scéalta agus seanchas ón Rinn (Dingle, 2007). Folkloric material collected from him is also housed in the National Folklore Collection, UCD. See also http://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=0683.
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/20, Doegen P-B/21 |
| Record number(s) for this speaker | LA 1050, LA 1051 |
| Track title(s) for this speaker | An mac scaiptheach - Mícheál Turraoin Uimhreacha - Mícheál Turraoin An garsún bán - Mícheál Turraoin Bean an Chárthaigh - Mícheál Turraoin An bhean phósta - Mícheál Turraoin Bean an doichill - Mícheál Turraoin |
| Track ID(s) for this speaker (User Version) | LA_1050d1, LA_1050d2, LA_1051d1, LA_1051d2, LA_1051d3, LA_1051d4 |
| Forename(s) (Canonical) | Mícheál |
| Surname (Canonical) | Turraoin |
| Alias forename(s) | Míhál |
| Alias surname(s) |
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| County of origin | Co. Waterford |
| Address | Ring, Co. Waterford |
| Age | 59 |
| Date of birth | No data |
| Place of birth | Ring, Co. Waterford |
| Nearest big town to place of birth | Dungarvan, Co. Waterford |
| Place(s) lived age 0-6 | Ring, Co. Waterford |
| Place(s) lived age 7-20 | Ring, Co. Waterford |
| Place(s) lived from age 20 | Ring, Co. Waterford |
| Education | Primary school, Ring, Co. Waterford |
| Father's home place | Ring, Co. Waterford |
| Mother's home place | Ring, Co. Waterford |
| Father's profession | 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 |
| Names (of RIA committee members, recordist) appearing on form | Osborn Bergin, Wilhelm Doegen, Tomás Ó Rathile |
| Comment(s) on voice etc. | "[md?]/ha mit weich. vibrat. Nasalwirkung Einschlag. Mittere Stimmkraft schnelles Tempo." (Wilhelm Doegen) |
