Irish Folklore Exhibition, 1986

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Irish Folklore Exhibition, 1986

Identifier

VHG0042

Depiction

Four men with an Ediphone in the foreground

Description

The picture shows the following persons (l to r): Pádraig Ó Héalaí; Breandán Ó Madagáin; Bo Almqvist; and An Dr Colm Ó hEocha, President of University College Galway. The picture was taken during the launch in University College Galway, spring of 1986, of an exhibition entitled 'I gCuimhne na nDaoine' on loan from the Dept. of Irish Folklore, UCD, portraying the work of the Irish Folklore Commission (1935-70).

Pádraig Ó Héalaí was Senior Lecturer le Nua-Ghaeilge (1981-2006) at University College Galway (UCG).
Breandán Ó Madagáin was Ollamh le Nua-Ghaeilge (1975–97) also at UCG.
Bo Almqvist, was Professor of Irish Folklore (1972-95) at UCD and Director of the Irish Folklore Archive - later the National Folklore Collection – Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann.
Dr Colm Ó hEocha was President of University College Galway from 1975 to 1996.

The exhibition also included an Ediphone, a clockwork dictating recording machine using wax cylinders, and used by collectors on behalf of the Irish Folklore Commission, to record tales and traditions which were later transcribed.

Breandán Ó Madagáin and his son on Aran, 1994

References

Personal communication: Dr Pádraig Ó Héalaí, via email and telephone.
Wikipedia contributors, ‘Wikipedia contributors, ‘Picture taken at the opening of Áras na Gaeilge in 1993, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Almqvist, accessed 8 November 2023.
Archives & Special Collections, University of Galway Library

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Almqvist

Contributor

Patsy Clancy

event

Irish Folklore Exhibition

Bibliographic Citation

Patsy Clancy, Pádraig Ó Héalaí, S.G. Jennings, ‘Irish Folklore Exhibition, 1986’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14276, Archival Record Id VHRS

Spatial Coverage

University of Galway

Temporal Coverage

Spring of 1986

Period

1980s

Category

b&w

group

on-campus

indoors

Subject

University of Galway

Academic ceremonies & events

Exhibition

Keywords

Exhibition

Folklore

Béaloideas

Ediphone

Language

English

Irish

Publisher

University of Galway Library

Rights

This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Item sets

Visual History Retired Staff Collection IMAGES

Media

Irish Folklore Exhibition of Pictures, 1986