Sunday 6 November 2022

Known recordings of dead dialects

A list of known recordings of Irish from areas that are now no longer Gaeltachtaí, where the language has died. If a recording exists it is linked here in some way, if it exists but I haven't access to it or permission to share it then I mark it so.

I've listed by county and by roughly the dialect regions in that county. As far as I know, there are no recordings from Limerick, Down, Fermanagh, or any Leinster county excluding Kilkenny and Louth.


This list is not extensive by any means, please let me know if you have any suggestions.


Antrim

Armagh

Cavan, 

Clare wip

Cork wip

Derry, 

UFTM Sound Archive (A number of tapes in English from Draperstown and Park areas.  See particularly R85.48 (Linda Ballard with James O'Kane, Park).). 
Gerry Stockman with Mrs Joe Gaynor (Taeip a rinne Gerry Stockman den chainteoir a luaidheann Adams in "Ulster Dialects" p. 130.  Níl fagháil ar an taeip seo anois.).

Donegal, wip

Galway, wip

Kilkenny

  • Pádraig de Paor from Glenmore. 1936. I have the audio but not permission to share it. It may be accessed through the UCD National Folklore Archive.
  • Margaret Cody from Mullinakill, Coolnahau. 1933. This recording probably has been lost, read more here.

Leitrim

Louth wip

Mayo

  • South West (between Newport and Achill)
  • East (along the boundary with Sligo)
    • Seán Ó Lachtnáin from Rinnananny, Foxford. Before 2014.
      • It seems Seán was not exactly a native speaker but did learn Irish when he was young from native speakers in his area.
    • Aindréas Ó Ceallacháin from Carrowbeg, Kilmovee. 1930.
    • Tomás Ó Dubhthaigh from Lurga Lower, Kilmovee. Info with the date has been lost but presumably 1930 
  • South (near Tourmakeady)

Monaghan

  • If any recording does exist, possibly from Máire Mac Mathúna with Éamon Ó Tuathail in 1931.

Roscommon

Sligo

Tipperary

Tyrone wip

Waterford wip

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    1. Kerry is in Ireland 👍

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    2. Kerry isn't mentioned in the article. Are all dialects of Kerry Irish still surviving? What about North Kerry? The Black Valley? East Kerry? The Kerry part of the Beara peninsula?

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  2. "A Charlie O'Leary is cited as the last native speaker of Irish in Sliabh Luachra".
    https://rushymountain.com/the-top-40-sliabh-luachra-polkas/

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    1. *In the book Stone Mad for Music, a Charlie O’Leary is cited as the last native speaker of Irish in Sliabh Luachra.

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  3. Mike McCarthy mentioned as last native speaker in Tuosist Co. Kerry in Kenmare News.
    Kenmare News
    http://kenmarenews.biz › Issu...PDF
    kenmare news

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    1. Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh from Glentrasna in Tuosist, South Kerry.
      https://www.jstor.org/stable/30096053

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  4. John Cregan, reputed to be the last native Irish speaker in Gortnacrehy Co. Limerick, was born on this night during the Night of the Big Storm in 1839.
    https://vinhanley.com/2022/11/01/a-historical-sketch-of-knockaderry-fron-early-christian-times-to-the-great-famine/

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  5. Frank Roche (1866–1961) from Elton near Knocklong said to be last native speaker in Co. Limerick.
    CORE
    https://core.ac.uk › pdfPDF
    Frank Roche – fiddler, dancer, and music collector

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  6. Recording of Máire Ní Shé in the 1980s, last native speaker from Valentia Island.
    https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/cartlann-bh%C3%B3thar/m%C3%A1ire-n%C3%AD-sh%C3%A9-cainteoir-yJ_KxYh1DtP/

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