Caitlin Maude

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Caitlín Maude (born May 22, 1941 in Casla , County Galway , † June 6, 1982 ) was an Irish poet, teacher, actress and singer of Irish traditional music .

Childhood and youth

Born in a Gaeltacht region, Caitlín Maude initially grew up speaking Irish . Her mother, Máire Nic an Iomaire, was a teacher from Casla . It was through them that Caitlín Maude received primary education, at her school workplace on the small island of An tOileán Iarthach (Illauneeragh) west of the coast of Ros Muc , Connemara . Caitlín's father, John Maude, was a farmer interested in music and singing, who came from Cill Bhriocáin in Ros Muc. The family was part of the village community in Rosmuc, where many people traditionally and regularly met to music and singing, especially in winter. At the same time, the family was very interested in the use of the Irish language, so that music and language played an important role in Maude's life from an early age. After attending the Irish-language Coláiste Chroí Mhuire Secondary School in An Spidéal , Maude finally studied Irish, English , French and mathematics at University College Galway . Like her mother, she became a teacher and worked in schools in Kildare , Mayo, and Wicklow Counties . She also worked in other roles in London and Dublin.

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During her undergraduate studies in Galway, Maude performed at the Taibhdhearc Theater in Galway and at the Damer Theater in Dublin . She received international attention for her role as protagonist Máire Ní Chathasaigh in the production of An Triail by Máiréad Ní Ghráda during the Dublin Theater Festival in 1964. She worked as a playwright and was co-author of Michael Hartnett's play An Lasair Choille .

She began writing poetry in Irish in secondary school and developed a lyrical style that was closely aligned with the rhythm of the voice. Although she was not religious in the conventional sense, in an interview she described a deep interest in the spiritual that would shape her poetry. Maude was considered an excellent reciter of her own poems. Her best-known poem is called Géibheann (Captivity) and describes the situation of a captive wild animal. Dánta (1984), file and Coiscéim (1985) were published as posthumous collective editions .

As a member of the Dublin Irish-speaking community, she has participated in many campaigns including the launch of the Gaelscoil (Irish Middle Primary School) Scoil Santain in Tallaght , County Dublin .

Caitlín Maude also had a name as a sean nós singer , an Irish, unaccompanied and heavily ornamented form of singing. In 1975 she released the album Caitlín in this genre , later also released on CD. In addition to traditional songs, it contains poems she has read.

Private life

Maude married Cathal Ó Luain in 1969. There was a son from this marriage.

Caitlín Maude died at the age of 41 after complications from cancer. Her grave is in the cemetery of Bohernabreena (Bóthar na Bruíne) in the Dublin Mountains.

Literature, music

  • Ó Coigligh, Ciarán (ed.) (1984). Caitlín Maude: dánta . Coiscéim .
  • Caitlín Maude - Caitlín [CD]. Ref: CEFCD042

Web links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Newstalk: Caitlín Maude: Renaissance woman of Carna. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b c Deane, Seamus, 1940-, Carpenter, Andrew., Williams, Jonathan, 1943-: The Field Day anthology of Irish writing . Irish women's writing and traditions. tape 4 . Field Day Publications, Lawrence Hill, Derry, Northern Ireland 2002, ISBN 0-946755-20-5 , pp. 640 .
  3. ↑ '[T] á tnúthán spioradálta iontach ionam agus sílim go mbeidh sé seo le brath go láidir ar mo chuid filíochta amach anseo': quoted in Ó Coigligh 1984: see introduction.
  4. ^ Captivity. In: Modern Poetry in Translation. Retrieved December 9, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Maude, Caitlin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish poet, teacher, actress and singer of Irish traditional music
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Casla , County Galway
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1982