Mac COLUIM, Fionán. Smóilín na Rann : cnuasaċ sean-rócán “Fingi̇n na Leamṅa” [i.e. F. Mac Coluim] do bȧiligh.

Baile Átha Cliath: Clódhanna Teo. Ar n-a chur amach do Connradh na De Búrca Rare Books 55 Gaedhilge, 1908. 12mo. pp. [ii], 63. Yellow printed wrappers. Repair to spine. A very good copy. Very rare.
Jisc Library Hub locates only 2 copies - QUB & TCD. Not in NLI or Bodleian. Fionán Mac Coluim [McCallam], (Pseudonyms: Finghin na Leamhna, Goll Mac Morna) (1875-1966): Fionán Mac Coluim was born in 1875. His family‟s address at the time of his birth was No. 1 Church Street, Ballymoney, County Antrim and his father‟s occupation was described as merchant. His father, Daniel McCallum, was from that town. His mother was Mairéad (May) Nic Cárthaigh, she was a Kerry woman who taught school in County Antrim. In 1879, the family moved to Kilkenny and from there to Cork. The mother died and left six children behind. Fionán was sent back to his uncle, Fionán Ó Loinsigh, in Kilmacthorpe near Cahersiveen. He also lived in Dublin before he was 20. He went to London around 1896, aged 21, where he worked in the Treasury and the India Offices. While there, he became involved in the Gaelic League. When he returned to Kerry in 1902 he served as „Ard-Timire‟ for the League. He was also its representative in America for periods between 1912 and 1916. He also worked as a song-collector for the League before becoming Irish Inspector for the Vocational Education Committees. He was a member of The Folklore of Ireland Society and of the Irish Folklore Commission. He was appointed musical advisor to the Minister of Education between 1945 and 1966. He married Máirín Nic Craith in Cork around 1936. They had one son. Fionán Mac Coluim died on December 16, 1966. For the folkloric material and songs he collected, see Risteárd de hAe, Clár Litridheacht na Nua-Ghaedhilge (Dublin, 1938-40), index. He edited collections of songs and published articles and stories in various periodicals. He used a variety of pseudonyms: „Finghín na Leamhna‟, „Goll Mac Morna‟, „An Giolla Ruadh‟ and „An Droigheantóir‟. The Irish Book Lover said in 1957 when his friends were presenting him with a token of respect, that the name of Fionán Mhic Coluim would not be forgotten as long as the music and songs of the Gaels were respected.

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