Risteard De Hindeberg (Richard Henebry) was an Irish priest, educator, Irish language activist, musician, collector, and author. He was born on 18 September 1863 in Mount Bolton,

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, to an Irish-speaking family. He was educated for the priesthood in St. John's College, Waterford and in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained a priest at

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, Dublin, in 1892, and worked in

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in Manchester. He pursued further studies in Germany at the universities of

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and

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, where he was awarded a Doctorate in Philosophy. In 1898, he was appointed to the post of Chair of Irish of Celtic Studies at the

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in Washington, D.C.; the Chair had been funded by the

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. He held that post for a short time before moving to Berkeley University in California. He became President of the Gaelic League of America. Henebry suffered from

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for his entire adult life, and partially because of this he returned to Ireland in 1903 and taught for a time in St. John's College. Following the establishment of the new

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in 1908, he was appointed the first professor of Irish in

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by Msg. Michael G. Olden presented at Canon Patrick Power Seminar, WIT, 8 March 2012 He helped set up the Irish Language College in the Ring Gaeltacht in 1909. He made many recordings on wax cylinders of Irish music. He died near

on 17 March 1916, and was buried at Carrickbeg, County Waterford.

Publications

* ''The Sounds of Munster Irish'' by Rev. Richard Henebry, 1898. * ''Henebry’s Irish Music and Earlier Studies'', Revd Dr Richard Henebry/ Risteard De Hindeberg, 1903. * ''A Handbook of Traditional Music'', Rev. Dr. Richard Henebry, 1928.

External links

ITMA Henebry Cylinder Recordings 1, 1905 - 14 recordings of Irish language songs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Hindeberg, Risteard 1863 births 1916 deaths People from County Waterford 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Irish language activists Alumni of St John's College, Waterford Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Catholic University of America School of Arts and Sciences faculty 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests People educated at St John's College, Waterford 1890s in Irish music 1900s in Irish music 1910s in Irish music