As Eoin McKiernan, President of the Irish American Cultural Institute, notes in his introduction, Peig has the "quality of honesty and sincerity, of life lived at the bone." Long loved in Ireland, this autobiography will now be seen for what it truly is-one of the great heart-cries of the Irish people. Through this American edition, Peig will reach a new international audience. She is buried a short distance from the townland where she was born, above the sea on the Dingle Peninsula, within sight of the Great Blasket Island. laid out as expertly and as calmly as if twelve women had tended him." Her own farewell to life had the same clear-eyed simplicity: "People will yet walk into the graveyard where I'll be lying I'll be stretched out quietly and the old world will have vanished." Peig said of her son Tomás, who was killed in a fall from a clifftop: "Instead of his body being out in the broad ocean, there he was on the smooth detached stone. It reveals with fidelity, humor, and poignancy a woman's life in a bleak world where survival itself was a triumph and death as familiar as life. Here is a story as unforgettable as it is simple. PEIG will be broadcast on TG4 on Wednesday, 10 March at 9.30pm and it will also be available on the TG4 player.Here is one of the classics of modern Gaelic literature-the autobiography of Peig Sayers, a remarkable woman who lived forty years at the edge of survival on barren Great Blasket Island, and who came to be recognized as one of the last of Ireland's traditional storytellers. On a more serious note, the documentary will question how our relationship with Peig (1873-1958) reflects our complex relationship with our heritage, our language and who we are. Sinéad will meet people who want to reclaim Peig as an icon and hero, including Sharon Granahan who has a tattoo of Peig while renowned poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill features reading a newly composed poem for her Peig. Some say she was associated with the old world of piety and sainthood, an image which was inflicted upon her by the newly formed Irish state of the 1920s and 30s and that the book was carefully edited to reflect one version of Peig’s life.
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She was a woman full of fun and craic who loved to entertain and drew people to her and archive recordings revealed in the programme from the National Folklore Collection in UCD reveal a theatrical performer. Máire Ní Dhálaigh, of the OPW’s Blasket Centre, described Peig Sayers as the Netflix of the time.” Some say she was associated with the old world of piety and sainthood, an image which was inflicted upon her by the newly formed Irish state of the 1920s and 30s and that the book was carefully edited to reflect one version of Peig’s life. Sinéad reveals that Peig was, in fact, one of the greatest Irish storytellers, a born performer and entertainer. “There are many layers to Peig, as I found out whilst making this programme,”she added. I don’t believe the abuse she continuously receives is warranted. “This woman generously shared not only her life story but many other stories that she had collected over the years. “I wonder what Peig would have said if she knew that we’d still be talking about her, at length, in the year 2021?” Sinéad said. Sinéad will take the viewer on a fascinating journey to find out about the real Peig, listening to recordings of her, dipping into some comedy sketches about the Great Blasket Island resident, meeting those who loved and loathed her writing, debunking myths and, finally, uncovering who the real Peig is and a legacy to be proud of. Broadcaster Sinéad Ní Uallacháin (right) with Sharon Granahan who has a tattoo of Peig
Presented by broadcaster Sinéad Ní Uallacháin, the rebranding mission will give Peig what is described as “the mother of all makeovers” that will change her memory in people’s minds forever.
Peig’s autobiography was part of the compulsory Leaving Certificate Irish syllabus until 1995 and now a new documentary from TG4 will revisit Peig, her personality and her art as a storyteller, reclaiming her and portraying her as she has never been before. IT’S a quote from Peig Sayers that was more than familiar to young students across Ireland for decades as it featured on the Leaving Cert curriculum: Seanabhean is ea mise anois go bhfuil cos léi insan uaigh is an chos eile ar a bruach. Máire Ní Dhálaigh, of the OPW’s Blasket Centre, described Peig Sayers as the Netflix of the time
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