![]() ![]() Gratefully supported by the Arts Council of Ireland (Traditional Arts). ![]() Ó Héalaí has edited these transcripts and translated them into English, and there is no doubt will they add to giving Peig her deserved and appropriate place in Irish culture. ![]() She was born Máiréad Sayers in 1873 in the townland of Vicarstown. PEIG SAYERS (1873-1958) was an Irish author and widely regarded as one of the best traditional Gaelic storytellers. Although essentially a personal account of her upbringing on the mainland, her marriage to a Blasket man, and her middle years as a wife on the Island, her autobiographical Peig draws frequently on traditional tales to illustrate her observations. Borodino Books: Publication date: : Sold by: Barnes & Noble: Format: eBook: Pages: 120: Sales rank: 633,327: File size: 849 KB: About the Author. These remastered recordings will be available in CD format along with the book. Peig Sayers (1873-1958) Of the three most renowned Blasket writers, Peig Sayers had perhaps the most traditional world view. In part two of this Peig Sayers revival, Pádraig Ó Héalaí has used remastered recordings of Peig made in 1952 by the Irish Folklore Commission to produce an accurate, lively and illuminating representation of Peig's unique style of oral storytelling. It was only after Pádraig Ó Héalaí and Bo Almqvist’s authentic edition of her stories was published in 2008 by New Island, that her contribution to Irish literary history and culture enjoyed a better assessment and her tales found a new audience worldwide. As a result they often became the object of satire-such as Flann O’Brien’s The Poor Mouth-or the cause of unhappy memories for students confronted with the school book version of her recollections. No longer on the curriculum, many people are now rightly returning to Peig with. Peig’s recollections were never written down but dictated to others, and in the process often edited or shortened. Peig: The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of the Great Blasket Island (Irish Studies) (Paperback) Description About the Author Free Media Mail shipping on U.S. Read Peigs account of her own life in this paperback book. Flaherty (Man of Aran) is one of the three towering figures that became celebrated by the late Gaelic Revival. Peig Sayers, together with Tomás Ó Chriomhthain (The Islandman) and Robert J. ![]()
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