Doegen Records Web Project

This digital archive of Irish dialect recordings made during 1928-31 comprises an important collection of early Irish language recordings of folktales, songs and other material. It includes recordings from many regions of Ireland where traditional Irish dialects have disappeared since the time the recordings were made.

The collection includes 137 Gaelic speakers from 17 counties. This initial edition of the web site provides digitized versions of recordings originally produced on shellac records. These audio files will be supplemented by transcriptions and translations of the recordings, information on the people recorded, and other related content as it becomes available, enhancing an already rich resource.
The Doegen Records Web Project offers a unique opportunity for linguists, social historians, anthropological researchers, educators, musicologists, genealogists, local communities, and anyone interested in Ireland's cultural heritage. The materials provide a fascinating and priceless legacy of now extinct Irish-language dialects. Users can browse and listen to these recordings and appreciate the spoken record of the early twentieth century in rural Ireland.
This digital archive is a project of the Royal Irish Academy Library in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Observatory.The project is funded by the Higher Education Authority. The archive consists of digitized versions of recordings made originally on shellac records in the period 1928-31, and will be accompanied by transcriptions and translations of the recordings, information on the people recorded, and other related content. Currently the archive includes 68 recordings from county Galway.