Sidney Robertson Cowell Recordings: Aran Islands, Ireland
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-5RR-5259

FLP.91554
label: General
content: CDR copy. (no date indicated) Recorded in the home of Seán Dirrane and new wife, Kathleen. Bridget Mullin (b.1868) is recorded here and most of tape consists of 'crying songs' and narrative. According to Cowell's notes, Mullin was considered the 'leading keening woman' for the West End of Aran. Reel No.14
name: label: Recorder
content: Cowell, Sidney Robertson.
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: Ireland
label: Place
content: Aran Islands (Ireland)
label: Place
content: Great Britian
topic: label: Topic
content: Ireland -- Songs and music
label: Topic
content: British Isles -- Songs and music
creator: label: Recorder
content: Cowell, Sidney Robertson.
culture: label: Culture
content: Irish
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 5 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-5RR-5259
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: 1) SRC with Bridget Mullin 2) Bríd Iarnáin: amhrán 3) Bridget Mullin (fragment of song and narrative) Thíos ag teach an tórraimh dom - Caoineadh one of them was killed in America, working in a sugar house, he didn't live ten minutes sister in America - died sister in Ireland - died - her family emigrated to NYC my husband died four years last March - flu 4) caoineadh - narrative - with the RÉ and with the radio over there - I heard it - bhí sí bródúil 5) caoineadh 6) god his pity for me, I have my song alongside me; when Maggie was going to England 7) caoineadh