PEIG SAYERS MCDONALDS ARCHIVE
PEIG SAYERS MCDONALDS SERIES

PEIG SAYERS MCDONALDS ARCHIVE

Finding aid author Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)Īn Gorta. Subjects Ireland-History-Famine, 1845-1852 Ireland-History-19th century Ireland-Social conditions-19th century Questionnaires-Ireland Record source Finding aid encoded in EAD by the Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) - M.S., 24 November 2009.

PEIG SAYERS MCDONALDS SERIES

The first manuscript in the series (Munster) contains a list of the questions set out in the questionnaire and an explanatory note by archivist Seán Ó Súilleabháin. Each bound manuscript has its own continuous pagination, irrespective of any original numbering. A date-stamp from 'Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann' (Irish Folklore Commission) normally appears at the beginning of each contributor’s material. The material bound in each manuscript also includes cover sheets and covering letters from collectors and respondents. Material is arranged by county and civil parish. Finally the last manuscript is a special notebook on Leinster. The sixth manuscript is County Galway and the seventh manuscripts is for County Donegal. The fifth manuscript covers Mayo, Leitrim, Sligo, and parts of Armagh and Down. The fourth manuscript deals with the famine in Counties Cork, Clare and Waterford. The third manuscript is a special notebook on the famine in County Kerry. The first manuscript deals with Munster, the second with Ulster, Leinster and Connacht. Arrangement Material returned by individual collectors and contributors is collated and bound in eight manuscripts. This valuable oral source hasīeen extensively used by historians and researchers in other disciplines since then. Desmond Williams (in which McHugh’s analysis appears), with suggesting to them the project of compiling a history of the Great Famine. Seamus Ó Duilearga, the Commission’s Honorary Director, is credited by the editors of The Great Famine, R.

The first analysis of this material, by Roger J. Some 4,650 hand-written pages of information were recorded by Commission staff and correspondents from oral sources in all four provinces, and these were delivered in the same year to the expert group of historians for analysis. This was in response to a request from a group of historians appointed by the Government to produce a major study of the Famine to mark the hundredth anniversary of its outbreak. Before Peig became a textbook, a character upon which those who failed to learn Irish could pin their disappointment. Repository National Folklore Collection Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive Language English Irish Scope and Content A questionnaire entitled “The Great Famine of 1845-1852” was circulated in 1945 by the Irish Folklore Commission among its full- and part-time collectors, and its extensive network of correspondents. On this day in 1873, Peig Sayers was christened. Date 1945 Extent 321 items Location of original Original items located in the National Folklore Collection.

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