Collection, 1979-1985.

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Collection, 1979-1985.

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Live recordings made in Ireland in 1979 by Julie Henigan of Irish singers performing traditional Irish songs and prayers in Irish and English, with interviews about community life and the song tradition. Songs include children's songs, love songs, migration songs and ballads. The singers include Neili Ní Dhomnhaill from Rann na Feirste, County Donegal; Paddy Tunney, who lived in Salthill, County Galway; Josie Sheain Jack from Carna, County Galway; Aodh Ó Duibheannaigh from Rosses, County Donegal. Also included is a recording of a singing session sponsored by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Ceathru Rua, County Galway. Additionally, there is a live recording of Eunice Yeatts McAlexander's unaccompanied ballad singing, with an interview about her family's musical heritage. This recording was made by Henigan in 1985 at the informant's home in Meadows of Dan, Va.

18 sound recordings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7179837

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Tunney, Paddy, 1921-2002

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Henigan, Julie

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McAlexander, Eunice Yeatts.

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Jack, Josie Sheain.

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Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.

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Ní Dhomnhaill, Neili.

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Ó Duibheannaigh, Aodh 1914-1984

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