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National Folklore Collection inscribed into UNESCO Memory of the World Register In recognition of its “world significance” and “outstanding universal value to culture”, the Irish Folklore Commission Collection 1935-1970 at University College Dublin has been inscribed into the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. The Register has a total of 427 collections and documents from around the world and includes the Magna Carta, the Diary of Anne Frank, the Bayeux Tapestry and the Book of Kells (the only other Irish entry - registered in 2011). By 1928, the lifestyle of the Irish people was undergoing rapid and fundamental changes. “Old rural customs, such as gathering for a night of storytelling by the fireside in hospitable homes, was being abandoned. A whole culture was in danger of being discarded, unrecorded and lost forever,” noted TK Whitaker. The Irish Folklore Commission was established in 1935 to collect and preserve Ireland’s declining oral tradition and vulnerable cultural heritage. In 1971, the Irish Folklore Commission, its staff and holdings were transferred to University College Dublin for continued development and safeguarding. Today, the Irish Folklore Commission Collection, housed within the National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin is among the richest, most diverse tradition archives in the world. Over decades, it made thousands of tape-recordings of speech in the Irish language, but also of song and music. Photographs, sketches and other pictorial representations were also collected. It contains almost 4,000 manuscripts of interview [transcripts] as well as native hero tales and sagas, wonder tales, local legends, poetry, historical tradition and place-name lore, in both Irish and English. These interviews contain invaluable descriptions of Irish material culture, including vernacular architecture, and traditional Irish society. Audio and film footage from the 1940s of renowned storytellers like Peig Sayers, and performances of Irish folk drama such as “Wren Boys” and “Mummers” also form part of the collection. There are several thousand acetate disk records of native Gaelic speakers dating from the 1940s/50s alongside a substantial collection of high quality magnetic tape recordings dating from the 1950s through to the 1960s. Twenty-one full time (and a great many part-time and voluntary) collectors were employed by the Commission at various times throughout its existence, many of whom were in the Gaeltacht areas of rural Ireland. UNESCO established the Memory of the World Programme in 1992 in response to a growing awareness of the precarious state of preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage in various parts of the world. War and social upheaval, as well as severe lack of resources, have worsened problems which have existed for centuries. Significant collections worldwide have suffered a variety of fates. Looting and dispersal, illegal trading, destruction, inadequate housing and funding have all played a part. Much has vanished forever; much is endangered. The UNESCO Memory of the World Register - in some ways the most publicly visible aspect of the Memory of the World Programme - was founded on the 1995 General Guidelines and has grown through accessions approved by successive International Advisory Committee meetings. Speaking of the announcement, Joe McHugh T.D. Government Chief Whip and Minister of State with responsibility for Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands noted, "I am delighted that the National Folklore Collection has been awarded UNESCO Memory of the World status. This award provides due recognition of the importance of the collection, not just here in Ireland, but internationally as well. The archive which was assembled assiduously by the Irish Folklore Commission is one of the largest of its kind, comprising several thousand manuscript volumes of transcriptions, some 80,000 photographs and more than 10,000 hours of audio recordings. All of this work was carried out during a period in our history when profound language, social and cultural change was taking place. The collection therefore forms a unique record of Irish cultural life, society, the verbal arts and music. Many significant elements of the collection have been digitized and published on the Dúchas.ie website in recent years, and I look forward to the continuation of this work." The full inscription may be viewed online at http://bit.ly/2nvpASz The 2017 Irish Conference of Folklore & Ethnology The 2017 Irish Conference of Folklore & Ethnology will take place on Saturday the 25th November (9.30am-6.30pm) in the Humanities Institute in University College Dublin. Attendance is free, and all are welcome! PUBLIC LECTURE, 25 September 2017, 7.00pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Paul Rouse: The Death of Hurling When the GAA was founded in 1884, it pledged itself to revive the game of hurling. The official history of the Association tells of a game that was dead – or almost dead – before Michael Cusack set upon its rebirth against the backdrop of cultural revival in Ireland. This talk will examine the history of hurling in the years between the Great Famine and the founding of the GAA. Using questionnaires from the National Folklore Collection and a wealth of other national and international sources, an alternative history of hurling will be offered that examines what happens to an ‘ancient sport’ at a time of intense social change. Paul Rouse is a lecturer in the School of History at UCD. He is the author of Sport and Ireland: A History (OUP, 2015) and has written extensively about the history of hurling. The first meeting of those interested in setting up the Folklore of Ireland Society was held in November 1926. Subsequently the Society was formally established in January 1927. Among its founder members and first officers were Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (‘An Seabhac’), Douglas Hyde (‘An Craoibhín Aoibhinn’) and J.H. Delargy. Welcome to the National Folklore Collection's new website! We hope it will serve to familiarise the public with the breadth and depth of our collections, as well as providing a space in which those interested in learning more about Irish folk tradition and its importance might keep informed of the latest events, publications and projects with which we are involved. By clicking on the banner headings located at the top of the page, users can find detailed information regarding our holdings; from manuscript collections, sound and video recordings to our specialist library and more. Coinciding with the launch of our new website is the latest edition of Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments, the monthly podcast from the National Folklore Collection. The podcast aims to explore aspects of Irish (and broader European) folk tradition across an array of different subject areas and topics, so that we might come to know and honour the customs and artistry of our forebears and ancestors. Drawing from various archival sources including sound recordings, manuscripts and older publications, the podcast aims to familiarise listeners with the depth and richness of our traditional cultural inheritance; believing that a knowledge and understanding of our past might better inform our present, and should aim to guide our future. This month’s edition of the Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments podcast focuses on the arrival of the harvest, which was for our forebears a time of great celebration, as it marked the point at which the lean months of June and ‘Hungry July’ (when the year’s stores were traditionally at their lowest), gave way to a period of profusion and plenty. Join us as we take to the fields then, to discuss hilltop celebrations, contests of ability and strength, naked horse-swimming races and the spirit of the crops itself, which appears all over Europe in the form of a female nature spirit known broadly as the ‘Corn Mother’, as well as being symbolically represented by several animals. The podcast can be downloaded from the iTunes store, or at this Soundcloud page.
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Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann le háireamh ar Chlár Chuimhne an Domhain UNESCO Mar aitheantas ar an "tábhacht dhomhanda" agus "an luach domhanda thar na bearta don chultúr" tá Cnuasach Choimisiún Bhéaloideas Éireann 1935-1970, atá faoi chúram anois ag Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann sa Choláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath le háireamh ar Chlár Chuimhne an Domhain UNESCO. Tá 427 cnuasach ar fad ar an gClár, ina measc an Magna Carta, Dialann Anne Frank, Taipéis Bayeux agus Leabhar Cheanannais (an t-aon ábhar eile as Éirinn - a cláraíodh in 2011). Bhí athrú mór ag teacht ar an saol in Éirinn faoin mbliain 1928. Mar a dúirt TK Whitaker “bhí sean-nósanna, amhail cruinniú ar an teallach ag scéalaíocht, á dtréigean. Bhí cultúr ar leith i mbaol, gan cuntas, bheadh sé imithe go brách.” Bunaíodh Coimisiún Bhéaloideas Éireann i 1935 chun béaloideas agus oidhreacht chultúir na hÉireann, a bhí faoin tráth sin i mbaol agus ag dul i léig, a bhailiú agus a chaomhnú. I 1971 aistríodh Coimisiún Bhéaloideas Éireann, an fhoireann agus a chuid sealúchas go dtí an Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath ar mhaithe lena fhorbairt agus a chosaint. Tá Cnuasach Choimisiún Bhéaloideas Éireann sa Choláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath ar cheann de na cartlanna traidisiún is saibhre agus is éagsúil sa domhain. Tugadh faoi na mílte taifeadtaí fuaime de chaint i nGaeilge ar feadh na mblianta chomh maith le hamhráin agus ceol a thógáil. Bailíodh grianghraif, sceitsí agus léaráidí freisin. Tá beagnach 4,000 lámhscríbhinn ann d'agallaimh [trascríbhinní] chomh maith le scéalta dúchasacha gaisce, seanscéalta iontais, eachtraí áitiúla, filíocht, traidisiúin agus seanchas faoi logainmneacha, i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Déantar cur síos ríluachmhar sna hagallaimh seo ar chultúr ábhartha na hÉireann ar a n-áirítear ailtireacht na háite agus sochaí thraidisiúnta na hÉireann. Mar chuid den chnuasach freisin tá píosaí scannánaíochta agus fuaime ó na 1940í de sheanchaithe mar Peig Sayers agus de dhrámaíocht phobail na hÉireann mar "lucht an Dreoilín" agus "Cleamairí". Sa chnuasach freisin tá na mílte taifeadtaí ar dhioscaí aicéatáite de chainteoirí dúchais Gaeilge ó na 1940í/50í chomh maith le bailiúchán suntasach de thaifeadtaí ar théipeanna maighnéadacha ar ardchaighdeán ó na 1950í amach go dtí na 1960í. Bhí bailitheoir is fiche [agus neart eile go páirtaimseartha agus go deonach] fostaithe ag an gCoimisiún ag amanna éagsúla, go leor díobh i gceantair Ghaeltachta faoin tír in Éirinn. Tá suas le 80,000 grianghraf (claonchlónna agus tréshoilseáin) sa Chartlann a ghlac oibrithe allamuigh an Choimisiúin mar aon le cnuasach mór de phéintéireachtaí agus tarraingtí. I 1992 bhunaigh UNESCO clár Cuimhne an Domhain mar fhreagra ar an tuiscint a bhí ann, agus a bhí ag méadú, go raibh ábhar oidhreachta in áiteanna éagsúla ar fud an domhain i mbaol ceal caomhnaithe agus rochtana. Ba mheasa ná sin an scéal mar ghealla ar chogadh, suaitheadh sóisialta chomh maith le heaspa acmhainní leis na céadta bliain. Ní hé an deireadh céanna a bhí ag bailiúcháin mhóra éagsúla ar fud an domhain. Goideadh ábhar, scaipeadh é, rinneadh trádáil mhídhleathach air nó scriosadh é. Bhí ábhar á choinneáil in áiteanna nach raibh oiriúnach nó ní raibh dóthain maoinithe ann d'obair chaomhnaithe. Tá cuid de na cnuasaigh anois imithe go brách; tá go leor eile i mbaol. Bunaíodh Clár Chuimhne an Domhain UNESCO - atá ar go leor bealaí ar an ngné is feiceálaí de Chlár Gnó Chuimhne an Domhain - ar Threoirlínte Ginearálta 1995 agus tá méadú tagtha air le sealbhúcháin a ceadaíodh ag cruinnithe den Choiste Comhairleach Idirnáisiúnta. Ag caint ar an ainmniúchán cliúteach seo dúirt Joe McHugh T.D Príomh-Aoire an Rialtais agus Aire Stáit don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht agus do na hOileáin, "Tá áthas orm go bhfuil gradam Clár Chuimhne an Domhain UNESCO bainte amach ag Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann. Dearbhaíonn an gradam tábhacht an chnuasaigh, ní amháin in Éirinn ach go hidirnáisiúnta. Tá an chartlann seo, a thiomsaigh Coimisiún Bhéaloideas Éireann le cúram agus le díograis, ar cheann de na cnuasaigh dá shórt is mó ar domhain. Áirítear os cionn 4,000 lámhscríbhinní, suas le 80,000 míle grianghraif agus os cionn 10,000 uaireanta an chloig de thaifid fhuaime ann. Cuireadh an obair seo i gcrích fad is a bhí athruithe móra teanga, shóisialta agus cultúrtha ag tarlú in Éirinn, rud a chiallaíonn go bhfuil cuntas luachmhar, leithleach de shlí bheatha agus caithimh aimsire dúchasach na ndaoine caomhnaithe dúinn. Le blianta beaga anuas tá míreanna suntasacha den chnuasach digithe agus foilsithe ar an suíomh gréasáin www.duchas.ie, agus táim ag tnúth le go leanfar leis an obair seo. Is féidir teacht ar an ainmniúchán iomlán ar shuíomh UNESCO anseo: http://bit.ly/2nvpASz Reachtálfar Tionól Béaloideasa & Eitneolaíochta Dé Satharn an 25ú Samhain (9.30am-6.30pm) san Institiúid Don Léann Daonna, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath. Tá sé saor in aisce freastal ar an ócáid, agus tá fáilte roimh cách! LÉACHT POIBLÍ: 25 Meán Fómhair 2017, 7.00pm, Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, BÁC 2. Paul Rouse: The Death of Hurling When the GAA was founded in 1884, it pledged itself to revive the game of hurling. The official history of the Association tells of a game that was dead – or almost dead – before Michael Cusack set upon its rebirth against the backdrop of cultural revival in Ireland. This talk will examine the history of hurling in the years between the Great Famine and the founding of the GAA. Using questionnaires from the National Folklore Collection and a wealth of other national and international sources, an alternative history of hurling will be offered that examines what happens to an ‘ancient sport’ at a time of intense social change. Léachtóir le Scoil na Staire UCD is ea Paul Rouse, údar ar Sport and Ireland: A History (OUP, 2015), a bhfuil go leor scríofa aige faoin iomáint. Fáilte chuig suíomh úr Chnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann! Tá súil againn go dtabharfaidh an suíomh gréasáin seo treoir don phobal maidir leis na cnuasaigh éagsúla béaloidis atá ar fáil sa Chnuasach agus pé imeachtaí agus tionscnaimh atá ar bun againn. I dtaca le seoladh an tsuímh úr, tá eagrán nua de Blúiríní Béaloidis, podchraoladh míosúil ó Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, á eisiúint. Tá sé mar aidhm ag na podchraolta seo gnéithe éagsúla dé bhéaloideas na hÉireann (agus na hEorpa trí chéille) a phlé agus samplaí d’ábhar dhúchasach a chur i láthair. Baintear leas as foinsí cartlainne – idir taifid fuaime, téacsanna lámhscríbhinne agus téacsanna foilsithe – le saibhreas agus doimhneacht dár n-oidhreacht chultúrtha a chur ar fáil don éisteoir. Díríonn podchraoladh na míosa seo ar theacht an Fhómhair, tréimhse sona sa tseanshaol ina raibh deireadh le ganntanas ‘Mí an Ocrais’ (mí Iúil) nuair a bhí stór na bliana nach mór ídithe. Bígí linn mar sin, agus muid ag cur síos ar shuaimhneas is ar thaitneamh na laethanta seo, ina raibh airneán agus ceol le clos ar bharr chnoic, comórtais nirt agus lúthchlis, agus marcaíocht lomnochtaithe ar chapaill le feiscint, gan trácht ar ‘sprid an Fhómhair’. Is féidir íoslódáil a dhéanamh ar an podchraoladh ón siopa iTunes, nó ón leathanach Soundcloud seo.