Abstract
This article provides a survey of the Irish-language song tradition of Mid and North Tyrone during the period 1900-1950. It focuses on the work of a series of collectors and singers. Among the scholars who worked in that area were Fr. Conn Mac an Ghirr, Énrí Ó Muirgheasa (Henry Morris), Charlotte Milligan-Fox, Alice Milligan, Pilib Ó Bhaldraithe (Philip Waldron), and Prionsias Ó Conluain. The Muintir Luinigh Gaeltacht was home to two of the most well-known Irish singers of the early twentieth-century, namely, Éamonn Ó Treasaigh and his sister, Anna Ní Threasaigh.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Guth an Iarthuaiscirt: Essays on Songs and Singing from the North-West of Ireland |
| Editors | Peadar [Peter] Mac Gabhann [Smith], Sinéad Coyle |
| Place of Publication | Belfast |
| Publisher | Éigse Cholm Cille |
| Pages | 15-33 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9576508-2-4 |
| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 22 Sept 2016 |
Keywords
- Gaeltacht Thír Eoghain
- Muintir Luinigh
- Tearmann Mhig Uirc
- Énrí Ó Muirgheasa
- Charlotte Milligan-Fox
- Alice Milligan
- Conn Mac an Ghirr
- Pilib Ó Bhaldraithe
- Proinsias Ó Conluain
- Éamonn Ó Treasaigh
- Anna Ní Threasaigh.