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She was born in 1873 in Baile an Bhiocire, Dn Chaoin, County Kerry. Each story is set to music with String Quartet accompaniment. Ó Héalaì 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. Peig Sayers was one of the most renowned storytellers in Irish tradition. This piece is based on four stories as narrated by the famous Kerry Storyteller Peig Sayers. These remastered recordings will be available in CD format along with the book.

In part two of this Peig Sayers revival, Pádraig Ó Héalaì 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. Flaherty (Man of Aran) is one of the three. It was only after Pádraig Ó Héalaì 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. Peig Sayers, together with Toms Chriomhthain (The Islandman) and Robert J. 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. Peig’s recollections were never written down but dictated to others, and in the process often edited or shortened. 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.