Thomáis Laighléis
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Tomás Laighléis, Seanchai, fl. 1950s.
A native of Menlo, County Galway, Laighléis was a seanchai of local history and of Fianna
tales. A selection of his recorded tales, was published in 1977 but contains only a fraction of his output.
A native of Menlo, County Galway, Laighléis was a seanchai of local history and of Fianna
Fianna
Fianna were small, semi-independent warrior bands in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology, most notably in the stories of the Fenian Cycle, where they are led by Fionn mac Cumhaill....
tales. A selection of his recorded tales, was published in 1977 but contains only a fraction of his output.
Reference
- Seanchas Thomáis Laighléis, ed. Tomás de BhaldraitheTomás de BhaldraitheTomás de Bhaldraithe was an Irish language scholar and lexicographer born Thomas MacDonagh Waldron in Limerick. He moved to Dublin with his family at the age of five. He was named after Thomas MacDonagh one of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, who had been executed after...
, 1977. - Social History and Oral Art - Reflections on the Collected Folklore of Menlo, near Galway City, Cian Marnell, pp. 134–148, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical SocietyGalway Archaeological and Historical SocietyThe Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on the 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 60 volumes of the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical...
, volume 59, 2007. - Lawless of Connacht, Adrian James Martyn, p. 101, Journal of the Genealogical Society of IrelandGenealogical Society of IrelandGenealogical Society of Ireland is a voluntary non-governmental organisation promoting the study of genealogy, heraldry, vexillology and social history in Ireland and amongst the Irish Diaspora as open access educational leisure pursuits available to all...
, vol. 12, 2011.