Introduction to An Mhaighdean Mhara (The Mermaid)

Audio file

Date recorded: February 5, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Roberts, Robin; Performer: Gallagher, Kitty; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: spoken
Culture: Gaelic, Ireland, Irish
Instruments: voice
Setting: Central Hotel
Location: Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3299
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: T3299R01
Note: Robin Roberts asks Kitty Gallagher to explain the story of "The Mermaid." Lomax noted this track on the tape box as a "spot for Radio Erin."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Letterkenny 2/51
About the session: Alan Lomax: "Early, done for Kitty, Dunloe, Letterkenny over glen, recording Neil O'Boyle & Kitty Gallagher in Central Hotel bedroom, Letterkenny, bitter hard afternoon, done in blizzard, glenties, death, meeting M. Doherty and Haughey, with Mickey Doherty."
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