placenamesScartaglin
Scairteach an Ghlinne
The Handed Down archive connects Scartaglin’s musical life with recordings and memories from across Sliabh Luachra.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Scairteach an Ghlinne · Irish · main form · validated name
- Scartaglin · English · main form
Place & story
A village band
Scartaglin musician John Brosnan, known as Johnny the Tailor, founded the O’Rahilly Céilí Band in the late 1940s. Brosnan played drums alongside accordion, fiddle and whistle players and singer Mary McQuinn. During the 1950s, changes in its musicians and repertoire produced the Radiant Showband. [2]
Saving the recordings
Public appeals from the Handed Down lecture series began in 2013. Families and musicians contributed recordings, photographs and biographical information. The audio collection includes Patrick Slattery’s tapes from his cycling visits to Sliabh Luachra in 1974–77, and recordings collected by founder P.J. Teahan. Library and arts funding helped establish the website and digitise the material. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Civil parish
- Castleisland
- Within
- Scartaglin
- Coordinates
- 52.17939, -9.41824 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412537 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Scartaglin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Handed Down Sliabh Luachra Archive: biographies · Handed Down Sliabh Luachra Archive group
- Handed Down Sliabh Luachra Audio Archive · Handed Down Sliabh Luachra Archive group
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.