Presentation of Éamon de Buitléar Archive to NUI Galway
Éamon de Buitléar, distinguished wildlife filmmaker, traditional
musician, author and former Senator has donated his archive to NUI Galway.
The
archive relates to the life and work of Éamon de Búitléar, consisting of film,
audiotape, photographs, correspondence, files and audiovisual equipment, and
includes some material relating to his father, An Coirnéal Éamon de Buitléar. A
series of 29 interviews totalling 18 hours, recently recorded with Éamon,
contextualises the archive and is included in it.
NUI Galway will digitise,
catalogue, preserve and enable access to the archive through a partnership
between Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge and the James Hardiman Library. The
archive of Éamon de Buitléar will be a rich source for students and researchers
in the areas of film- making, natural history, traditional music and the Irish
language. These are all subjects of importance at NUI Galway and the University
will make the digital archive available for exploitation by academic and lay
audiences, particularly in Gaeltacht areas.
For further information, please see:
An exhibition of material from the archive will be on
display in the foyer of the James Hardiman Library from Thursday 29 November
onwards.
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