Our 2015 Heritage Week Highlight
Ó Bhéal go Pár
Ciarán Bairéad and his Work in Claregalway
A celebration of the work of Ciarán Bairéad (1905-1976), one of the great collectors of Irish folklore. The extensive, rich and varied materials he collected during his lifetime from the people of Claregalway, Turloughmore and further afield amount to a truly significant archive, whose importance has yet to be appreciated. The first two talks will be in English, the last two in Irish. 7.00pm Break, with refreshments.7.30pm Dr. Pádraig Ó Héalaí (Folklorist and Irish scholar) 'Béaloideas ó bhunscoileanna Bhaile Chláir, 1937-38'
8.00pm Dr. Brian Ó Curnáin (Dialectologist and Irish scholar) |
Ciarán Bairéad is a Shaothar i mBaile Chláir na GaillimheCeiliúradh ar shaothar Chiaráin Bhairéad (1905-1976), duine de mhórbhailitheoirí bhéaloideas na hÉireann. Is cnuasach thar a bheith luachmhar é an t-ábhar a bhailigh Ciarán ó phobal Bhaile Chláir agus a thimpeallacht i gcaitheamh a shaoil agus níl aitheantas cuí tugtha fós don tábhacht a bhaineann leis. Bí linn ag Caisleán Bhaile Chláir na Gaillimhe ar an Satharn 29 Lúnasa, 6.00pm go 8.30pm - mar a dtabharfaidh ceathrar scoláirí oilte cuntas ar ghnéithe éagsúla d’obair an bhailiúcháin sa cheantar, ar shaol Chiaráin féin is saol a linne mar aon le scéal na Gaeilge i mBaile Chláir is a chomharsanacht. I mBéarla a bheidh an chéad dá chaint agus i nGaeilge a bheidh an dá chaint dheireanacha. Cuirfear fáilte mhór roimh fhreagairt nó ceisteanna ón úrlár. 6.00pm An tOll. Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh (Staraí) 'Ciarán Bairéad: family background and cultural formation' 6.30pm An tOll. Séamas Ó Catháin (Scoláire Béaloidis is Gaeilge) 'Ciarán Bairéad at work' 7.00pm Bolgam le n-ól is le n-ithe7.30pm An Dr. Pádraig Ó Héalaí (Scoláire Béaloidis is Gaeilge) 'Béaloideas ó bhunscoileanna Bhaile Chláir, 1937-38' 8.00pm An Dr. Brian Ó Curnáin (Scoláire Gaeilge is Canúineolaíochta) 'Atógáil ár n-oidhreachta teanga i mBaile Chláir ó na fothracha aníos' |
Chair: Prof. Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha (Old Irish, NUIG)
Cost: €5.00 (concessions €3)
Includes optional tour of the castle at 5.00pm approx.