Colm Ó Lochlainn
Colm Ó Lochlainn | |
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Born | 1892 |
Died | 26 June 1972 | (aged 79–80)
Colm Ó Lochlainn (1892 – 26 June 1972) was an Irish printer, typographer, collector of Irish ballads and traditional Irish Uilleann piper. He was notably the author of Irish Street Ballads published in 1939 and More Irish Street Ballads in 1965.[1]
Life
A native of
Ó Lochlainn established the Candle Press in 1916. It was the winner of a bronze medal for bookbinding in 1924.
He founded his own press, At the Sign of the Three Candles Press, in 1926. He gave the aspiring piper
He was an assistant in the Faculty of Modern Irish at University College Dublin from 1933 to 1943, where he later became professor of Irish Language and Literature. He was also associated with the founding of An Óige.[3]
About 1940 he began the publication in Dublin of an undated series of penny Irish-language songsheets entitled An Claisceadal ("choral singing"). This was originally the name of an informal choral group of Irish-language enthusiasts which had been brought together in Dublin in 1928.[4]
He died in a nursing home in Dublin in June 1972 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.[3]
Family
Selected publications
- A Printer's Device, in The Irish Book Lover, Jan. & Feb. 1928
- The Printer on Gaelic Printing, Irish Book Lover vol. XVI, July–Dec. 1928
- Roadways in Ancient Ireland, in Feil-Sgribhinn Eoin MacNeill, 1940
- The Devil's Puzzle: A Survey of Men's Notions of Man, Robert Gregg Bury, 1949.
- Anglo-Irish Songwriters, 3 Candles, 1958
- Irish Street Ballads, Three Candles Press, 1939/1952; Irish Book Centre, 1962,
- More Irish Street Ballads, Three Candles Press, Dublin 1965, ISBN 0-330-25316-6
See also
- Traditional Irish Singers
References
- ^ Meek, Bill (31 July 1972), "Tribute to Colm Ó Lochlainn", The Irish Times, p. 10
- ^ "Seamus Ennis". 21 July 2009. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010.
- ^ a b Obituary (29 June 1972), "Colm Ó Lochlainn", The Irish Times, p. 6
- ^ "Colm Ó Lochlainn's Claisceadal Songsheets, 1940s". itma.ie. Irish Traditional Music Archive.
- ^ Report (11 November 1972), "Music", The Irish Times, p. 12
Further reading
- Irish Type Design: A History of Printing Types in the Irish Character, Dermot McGuinne, Irish Academic Press, 1992
- The Three Candles Press: A Catalogue, Eamonn de Burca, Dublin, 1998
- Decolonisation and Criticism: The Construction of Irish Literature, Gerry Smyth, London, Pluto Press, 1998