placenamesBangor
Baingear
Mícheál Mac Énrí connected Bangor with the Irish Folklore Commission’s manuscript and sound-recording work.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Baingear · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Bangor · English · main form
Place & story
Mícheál Mac Énrí’s collecting work
Mícheál Mac Énrí, a teacher from Bangor, was in contact with Séamus Ó Duilearga during the 1930s. National Folklore Collection curator Ailbe Van Der Heide identifies him in a photograph from 1937 alongside other Mayo teachers and correspondents. Mac Énrí became a special collector for the Irish Folklore Commission in 1954, working throughout Erris until 1964. His association with Bangor belongs to the local history of teaching as well as folklore research. [2]
Helping to make sound recordings
In 1958 Mac Énrí accompanied Leo Corduff on sound-recording work for the Commission. The curator’s account names Mícheál Mór Mac an tSaoir among the speakers recorded. The work extended across Erris: it should not be understood as a collection confined to Bangor village or its electoral division. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Bangor. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Collections and Connections: The Irish Folklore Commission in Co. Mayo,9October2025 · Ailbe Van Der Heide, National Folklore Collection Curator, UCD Library
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.