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Audio Recording Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish American priest, Butte, Montana, second interview, part 3

Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish priest at St. Lawrence in Butte, Montana

About this Item

Title

  • Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish American priest, Butte, Montana, second interview, part 3

Names

  • Stanton, Gary Ward, 1946- (Collector)
  • Johnson, Paula J., 1954- (Collector)
  • Toelken, Barre, 1935- (Collector)
  • O' Sullivan, Sarsfield (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Butte, Montana, September 1, 1979

Headings

  • -  Poetry
  • -  Irish Americans
  • -  Folklore
  • -  Folk songs, Irish
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Butte

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Index data: Part 3 of a 5-part recording session with Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan at the St. Lawrence O'Toole Roman Catholic Church rectory in Butte MT: about his father's (Sean's) trip to America; fieldworker Barre Toelken asks about greenhorn stories; performances, "My Sweetheart's The Mule In The Mines," poem "Ambition on Culf [Gulf?] Street"; discussion of Sarsfield O'Sullivan's brother's desire to write a hymn using a melody from Inish Farnard in Ireland; "Gypsy's Lament" also used for an Easter tune; story of Donald the Bear's [Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare] struggle [in 1601] to keep an Irish port open for Don Juan D'Aquilla's [Don Juan d'Aguilar's] ships, and then his retreat across Ireland to O'Rourke's castle; the "Dark Irish" descended from the survivors of Spanish Armada; Song of Donal O'Sullivan written by Sarsfield's brother Eamon (sometimes spelled Eamonn); "I Shall Not Die For You"; also by Eamon, "The Remorse of Owen Rue"; about C.U. Moriarty, an inherited friend and his passing a song to the Clancy Brothers, the "Johnson's Motor Car"; Sarsfield O'Sullivan recited some verses to fiddle tunes, Some Say The Devil's Dead (3 times), Some say the Devil's Dead and buried in Killarney, Others say he rose again, he rose again, he rose again, Others say he rose again and joined the English Army; "Put Them Where Nora put the Ha'pence," "The Leg of the Duck," "Billy O'Rourke, the Boy," "What I'll Do if I Marry a Soldier," "Oh You Broke My Cup and Saucer," "One Fine Day in Waterford," "We'll Leave That The Way It Was," the latter was his father's song, of which Sarsfield knows two verses; Sarsfield O'Sullivan's memories of traveling in Ireland and his friend's Irish Steak; girls in the kitchen sings, but too shy to come out; about finding the best pubs for singing and especially the snug; the priest's view: it's not anglicization we're worried about, it's the loss of anglicization; Father O'Sullivan rarely tells people he's a priest, the most enjoyable conversation he's had was with a pornographer.

Medium

  • 7-inch reel

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20452
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 0938
  • Field project identifier: MT9-GS-R67

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, Paula J Johnson, Barre Toelken, and Sarsfield O' Sullivan. Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish American priest, Butte, Montana, second interview, part 3. Butte, Montana, September 1, 1979. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20452/.

APA citation style:

Stanton, G. W., Johnson, P. J., Toelken, B. & O' Sullivan, S. (1979) Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish American priest, Butte, Montana, second interview, part 3. Butte, Montana, September 1. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20452/.

MLA citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, et al. Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish American priest, Butte, Montana, second interview, part 3. Butte, Montana, September 1, 1979. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20452/>.