Dr. Deirdre Ní Chonghaile
Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile (Comhalta taighde): Tá céimeanna sa Cheol aici ó Ollscoil Oxford agus Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh. D’fhoilsigh sí Collecting Music in the Aran Islands: A Century of History and Practice (Preas Ollscoile Wisconsin, 2021). Ó 2012 i leith, bhí comhaltachtaí taighde aici in Ollscoil Notre Dame, Leabharlann na Comhdhála, Ollscoil Nua-Eabhrac, agus Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. D’oibrigh sí ar an suíomh Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann. Spéis aici i bhforbairt na gcartlann, i gcomhoibriú le pobail agus le healaíontóirí, agus i stair chultúrtha na nGael i gcéin.
Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile (Research fellow) has degrees in Music from Oxford University and University College Cork. She published Collecting Music in the Aran Islands: A Century of History and Practice (University of Wisconsin Press, 2021). Since 2012, she has held research fellowships in the University of Notre Dame, Library of Congress, New York University, and the University of Galway. She worked on the website Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann. Interested in developing archives, collaborating with communities and artists, and in the cultural history of the Irish diaspora.
Research Interests
Forbairt acmhainne, straitéis, bainistíocht; maoiniú, buiséid, tuairisciú; comhghuallaíocht phobail; craoltóireacht ar raidió & ar theilifís go dátheangach, scannáin faisnéise; na meáin shóisialta; teagasc & cur i láthair. Stair chultúrtha & shóisialta, C19-20ú: Iarthar na hÉireann, Oileáin Árann, ceol traidisiúnta, damhsa, béaloideas, cur i láthair, litríocht na Gaeilge, An Ghaeltacht, cnuasaigh cartlainne idir lámhscríbhinní/taifeadtaí/grianghrafanna/scannáin.
Digital humanities: resource development, strategy, management, funding, budgeting, reporting, archival assets management. Community partnership & engagement: bilingual broadcasting on radio and television, documentary films, social media; teaching and presentation. C19-20th cultural & social history of: West of Ireland, Aran Islands, Irish traditional music, dance, folklore, performance, Irish language, An Ghaeltacht, manuscript/sound/photographic/film archival collections; OCR, data science.
Funding Highlights
COMPETITIVE FUNDING AWARDS
2023 Robert D. L. Gardiner Foundation, Long Island NY, for An Gaodhal
2021 Music & Letters Trust Award, Oxford University Press for Collecting Music in the Aran Islands
2019 Moore Institute Visiting Fellowship, NUI Galway
2018 Moore Institute Visiting Fellowship, NUI Galway
2017 NUI Postdoctoral Fellowship in Irish/Celtic Studies
2016 Hibernian Research Award, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame
2014 Research Showcase Euro Million Project Pitch Award, NUI Galway
2012 Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, Roinn na Gaeilge/Moore Institute, NUI Galway
2012 Alan Lomax Fellowship in Folklife Studies, John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress
2011 NEH Keough Fellowship in Irish Studies, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame
2010 Adele Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation in Irish Studies
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External Positions
- Research Scholar, training and correcting OCR, An Gaodhal, University of Galway06/05/2025 – 31/10/2025
- Research Scholar, training and correcting OCR, An Gaodhal, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University01/2023 – 12/2023
- Lecturer in Traditional Music, Discipline of Music, University of Galway09/2021 – 05/2022
Academic Qualifications
- PhD, University College CorkField of study: Humanities and the artsProject: (Music; ‘ag teacht le cuan’: Irish traditional music and the Aran Islands); external examiner Prof. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, Concordia UniversityAward date: 28/02/2011
- Master's Degree, St Hilda's College, University of OxfordField of study: Humanities and the artsProject: MA OxonAward date: 01/09/2004
- Bachelor's Degree, St Hilda's College, University of OxfordField of study: Humanities and the artsProject: B.A. Oxon (Music)Award date: 01/09/2000