{"id":69,"date":"2014-04-30T10:01:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T09:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2014-07-26T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T09:07:30","slug":"dr-lynch-the-promotion-of-irish-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/dr-lynch-the-promotion-of-irish-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Lynch & The Promotion of Irish Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Docht\u00fair D\u00f3mhnall \u00d3 Loingsigh was not long back\u00a0in Ballyvourney when he noticed that something else was badly needed in the village. There was no place for the public, and especially the young people to go to. He noticed that the desire for sport and Irish music was not there to the same extent as when he was young. He believed that music, sport and enjoyment should be brought back to the lives of his neighbours\u00a0before he could consider his work fulfilled.<\/h4>\n

An Docht\u00fair \u00d3 Loingsigh built a\u00a0large hall at his own expense, without any grant, donation or help from anybody. As soon as it was built he\u00a0organised ceil\u00eds, dramas and Irish pastimes on there for the people of the parish.<\/h4>\n

It is considered in the opinion of D\u00f3nal \u00d3 h\u00c9alaithe\u00a0<\/em>the most important act of all that he did during his time in Ballyvourney, as it left a lasting mark on the lives and the culture of the people in the area.<\/h4>\n

An Docht\u00fair D\u00f3mhnall \u00d3 Loingsigh always\u00a0kept the events that were going on in the hall under his scrutiny. The people from the top of Coom to Coolavokig came to events and different classes that were held in this hall, and it was situated across the road from where Lynch\u2019s Timber Factory is today.<\/h4>\n

For example, it was said that Nonie Buckley and her brothers would walk 8 miles each Saturday from the Fuhirees to the hall as well as Sean \u00d3\u2019Su\u00edoch\u00e1n from Inchemore, a journey of 9 miles, to learn dancing from Dance Master O\u2019Flaherty who was employed by the doctor at his own expense.<\/h4>\n

At the various Ballyvourney Feiseanna, which were organised by an Docht\u00fair \u00d3 Loingsigh along with the local Conradh na Gaeilge branch, he spoke about the state of the language in Ballyvourney and the following is an extract from one of his speeches –<\/h4>\n

\u201cThere is a unique history attached to the parish and the surrounding area and there had been no break in the Gaelic Tradition since the time of Gobnait in the 6th<\/sup> century to the present day. During the exterminations and suppression that happened in Munster during the 18th<\/sup> century a lot of poets and intellectuals fled to Ballyvourney and Coolea and the people of the area now, are descendants of these refugees, and the interest in stories, the art of poetry, the music and the desire to learn followed these people\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/h4>\n

The following is an extract of an article written in 1897, reporting on a weekly meeting of the council of the\u00a0Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language, to which Dr Daniel Lynch, Ballyvourney, Macroom, Co. Cork submitted a letter to be read –<\/h4>\n

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Click the link below\u00a0to read an article about a Feis in Ballyvourney in 1898\u00a0under the auspices of the Gaelic Language Revival –<\/h4>\n

Southern Star 20 August 1898 Gaelic Language Revival Feis in Ballyvourney<\/a><\/h4>\n

An Docht\u00fair \u00d3 Loingsigh said that Ballyvourney in Muskerry\u00a0was one of the last outposts of the old Irish Gaelic Tradition, but they were under a fierce attack from the foreign influence at that present time, so each generation must face the problems of their time, as regards the language and be certain if they don\u2019t do that they will be beaten.<\/h4>\n

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Adapted from \u00c9ighse 2008 speech given by D\u00f3nal\u00a0\u00d3 h\u00c9alaithe – Stara\u00ed \u00e1iti\u00fal de chuid Acadamh F\u00f3dhla \u00f3 Ch\u00fail Aodha, translated into B\u00e9arla by James O’Leary, Col\u00e1iste an tEasbog Mac Aogh\u00e1in, M\u00e1igh Chromtha.<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Docht\u00fair D\u00f3mhnall \u00d3 Loingsigh was not long back\u00a0in Ballyvourney when he noticed that something else was badly needed in the village. There was no place for the public, and especially the young people to go to. He noticed that the desire for sport and Irish music was not there to the same extent as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drlynchballyvourney.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}