The Papers of Muiris Ó Droighneáin P154
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THE PAPERS OF MUIRIS Ó DROIGHNEÁIN P154 SUMMARY ARRANGEMENT A. FAMILY AND PERSONAL B. EDUCATION AND CAREER C. STANDARDISATION OF IRISH GRAMMAR AND SPELLING D. DICTIONARIES AND TERMINOLOGY E. SPELLING AND INDEXING OF IRISH SURNAMES F. TRANSLATION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS INTO IRISH G. INVOLVEMENT WITH THE IRISH LANGUAGE MOVEMENT H. CORRESPONDENCE I. NOTEBOOKS J. EPHEMERA CONTENTS AND STRUCTURE Introduction……………………………………………………………………....…vi Chronology ...............................................................................................................xii A. FAMILY AND PERSONAL..................................................................................1 I. Genealogy (1948-1970)...............................................................................1 II. Memoirs (1963-c.1965) .............................................................................2 III. Photographs [c.1950] ..............................................................................3 B. EDUCATION AND CAREER...............................................................................4 I. University College Cork ............................................................................4 i. Concerning his M.A. thesis (1928-1979) .......................................4 ii. Lecture Notes [c.1925]..................................................................6 iii. General Correspondence (1927-1972) .........................................7 II. Belfast ........................................................................................................9 i. Queen’s University Belfast [c.1934] ..............................................9 ii. Learning Ulster Irish (1935)........................................................10 iii. Concerning his teaching career ..................................................11 a) Correspondence (1930-1976)......................................11 b) Notes and class attendence records [c.1933-c.1968] 15 C. STANDARDISATION OF IRISH GRAMMAR AND SPELLING.................17 I. An Caighdeán Oifigiúil............................................................................17 i. An Fo-Choiste Gramadaí (1957-1960).........................................17 ii. Correspondence...........................................................................19 a) Rannóg an Aistriúcháin (1948-1979)..........................19 b) Academics (1961-1978)..............................................21 c) Writers, poets and musicians (1957-1978) .................24 d) Publishers (1959-1977)...............................................34 e) Religious (1954-1971) ................................................35 f) Others [c.1960-c.1968]................................................37 iii. Newspaper clippings (1950-1974) .............................................39 i II. Other works on Irish grammar.............................................................40 i. Nótaí Gaeilge [c.1959-c.1960] .....................................................40 ii. Réchúrsa Gramadaí [c.1957-c.1963]...........................................41 iii. Graiméar Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí [1956-1960]...............43 iv. Teach Yourself Irish (1961) .......................................................44 v. Other (1955-1977) .......................................................................44 III. Pronunciation and Dialect....................................................................45 i. The Alphabet in Irish (1945-1972)...............................................45 ii. Dialects [c.1930-c.1970] .............................................................47 iii. Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann (1958-1975)........................47 iv. Raidió Teilifís Éireann (1963-1974) ..........................................50 v. General [c.1940] ..........................................................................51 IV. Placenames.............................................................................................52 i. Correspondence (1956-1975) .......................................................52 ii. Notes [c.1930-1972]....................................................................55 V. General Grammar Notes [c.1940-c.1970] .............................................56 D. DICTIONARIES AND TERMINOLOGY.........................................................57 I. English-Irish Dictionary (1954-1970) .....................................................57 II. Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla (1957-1979) ......................................................59 III. Terminology...........................................................................................61 i. Agricultural...................................................................................61 a) Correspondence (1954-1977)......................................61 b) Notes (1952-1977)......................................................63 ii. Military (1966-1974)...................................................................65 iii. Culinary and the publication of ‘Nua Gach Bia’ (1970-1974)...66 ii iv. Religious (1965-1974)................................................................67 v. Medical (1966-1979) ...................................................................67 vi. Scientific (1964-1972)................................................................69 vii. Education (1973-1977)..............................................................70 viii. Business (1974-1977)...............................................................70 ix. Trades (1968-1977) ....................................................................71 IV. Newspaper clippings and dissociated notes (1950-1970) ...................72 E. SPELLING AND INDEXING OF IRISH SURNAMES ...................................73 I. Publication of ‘An Sloinnteoir Gaeilge agus An tAinmneoir’..............73 i. Correspondence ............................................................................73 a) Publishers and distributors (1962-1973).....................73 b) Éamonn MacGiollaIasachta (1964-1970)...................74 c) Other (1961-1979) ......................................................75 ii. Notes and drafts (1965-1966)......................................................81 II. Indexing Matters.....................................................................................84 i. Correspondence (1966-1977) .......................................................84 ii. Notes and memoranda [c.1965-1975] .........................................87 F. TRANSLATION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS INTO IRISH................................88 I. Correspondence (1956-1979)...................................................................88 II. Notes [1960-1971]....................................................................................93 iii G. INVOLVEMENT WITH THE IRISH LANGUAGE MOVEMENT ..............94 I. Journals and Newspapers........................................................................94 i. An tUltach ....................................................................................94 a) Draft articles (1956-1972)...........................................94 b) Submissions by other writers [c.1965-1977]............107 c) Issues (1953:1957)....................................................109 ii. Inniu (1955-1975)......................................................................110 iii. Feasta (1962-1978)...................................................................110 iv. Irisleabhar Mhá Nuad (1964-1973)..........................................111 v. Comhar (1963-1974) .................................................................112 vi. Others (1931-1969) ..................................................................113 II. Organisations/Bodies (1930-1977).......................................................115 III. General notes and newspaper clippings (1950-1974).......................120 H. CORRESPONDENCE .......................................................................................121 I. Letters from Government departments and officials (1961-1977) ....121 II. Letters from religious (1955-1979)......................................................122 III. Concerning folklore and archaeology (1937-1974) ..........................124 IV. Concerning the European Commission (1969-1976)........................126 V. General (1934-1978)..............................................................................126 iv I. NOTEBOOKS [c.1950-c.1979]............................................................................132 J. EPHEMERA ........................................................................................................136 I. Song Transcripts [c.1940-c.1950] ............................................................136 II. Obituaries and biographical articles (1950-1974)...................................136 III. Pamphlets and publications [c.1951-c.1972].........................................137 IV. Other [c.1930-c.1965] ...........................................................................138 v Introduction Provenance The Papers of Muiris Ó Droighneáin, one of a number of Non-Franciscan Private Paper Collections previously held in Franciscan Library Killiney, were transferred to University College Dublin Archives Department in July 1997 under the terms of the partnership agreement reached between the Order of Friars Minor and the University. The collection had been bequeathed to the Franciscans (see P154/518) by Ó Droighneáin and was deposited in FLK following his death in