Known affectionately as "the Queen of Gaelic Storytellers," Peig Sayers here offers reminiscences of the daily events that made up her life (such as seal catching, collecting turf for roofs, preparing for a funeral wake) alongside the tragedies of drownings at sea, pilgrimages, and the news of the 1916 revolution in Dublin City. It is a unique record of an essential part of the oral Gaelic tradition.

An Old Woman's Reflections

SAYERS, Peig

Oxford University Press

Peig: The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of the Great Blasket Island

Biographies & Memoirs

Syracuse University Press

Peig: The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of the Great Blasket Island (Irish Studies)

Community & Culture

<p>This book is a celebration of the renowned Irish storyteller Peig Sayers, showing a lighter side to her than previously revealed. For generations of students, Peig Sayer's autobiography was a compulsory text on the Irish Leaving Certificate. But there was a lot more to Peig than tales of poverty and hardship. In this collection of previously unpublished stories, an earthier, funnier, and more dramatic storyteller emerges. Based on RTE and BBC archives, and translated by Ireland's leading experts on Peig, the book also includes two CDs with archived recordings of Peig's storytelling.</p>

Peig Sayers: Labharfad Le Cach/ I Will Speak to You All (English and Irish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Mythology & Folk Tales

New Island Books

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