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OverviewIn 1935, shortly after the establishment of the Irish Folklore Commission, folklore collector Liam Mac Meanman was sent to the Blue Stack Mountains (Croaghs), a remote region in Donegal, in an effort to collect and preserve the folklore of this true Gaeltacht. Approximately ten years after this, another skilled folklore collector, Sean ÓhEochaidh, was sent to the Croaghs to add to the store of folklore that had been gathered up to that point in the region. Amongst the seanchaís that both collectors worked with was Anna John Chiot Nic an Luain. Anna John Chiot was one of the Irish Folklore Commission’s most important sources of tales, poetry and lore from its foundation in1935. However, it was her great memory for the old songs in Irish which really marked her out. Her repertoire consists of 128 songs, and includes long and short songs, together with verses and parts of other songs. This publication contains, for the first time, all of the songs recorded from Anna John Chiot by the Commission, between the years 1935 and 1937, and from 1947 to 1948. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pol O'SeachansaighPublisher: Comhairle Bhealoideas Eireann Imprint: Comhairle Bhealoideas Eireann Edition: First ISBN: 9781526209672ISBN 10: 1526209675 Pages: 265 Publication Date: 28 July 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPól ó Seachnasaigh is from Dublin and is a noted fiddle player who has toured widely in Ireland and around the world. His interest in traditional music always went side by side with his interest in the spoken Irish of Donegal, the county of his mother, Pearl McBride’s family. While working on a PhD in Maynooth University in 2012,Paul read about the large number of songs which had been collected from Anna (John Chiot) Nic a’ Luain in the Croaghs. Her songs presented him with the welcome opportunity of combining his interests in the language and traditional music of Donegal in a single project. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |