Peig Sayers Vol. 2: Níl Deireadh Ráite / Not the Final Word
Duine de shárscéalaithe na Gaeilge

In Eanáir 1952, sé bliana sula bhfuair Peig Sayers bás, thionscain Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann agallaimh léi agus í in ospidéal Naomh Anna, Baile Átha Cliath. Bhí Peig thar a bheith sásta labhairt lena cuairteoirí a raibh Gaeilge Chiarraí ar a dtoil acu agus seanaithne aici orthu.

Foilsítear den chéad uair in Níl Deireadh Ráite na hagallaimh sin mar aon le réamhrá tathagach, tráchtaireacht agus aistriúchán Béarla ar an iomlán. Cuireann Peig i láthair anseo seanscéalta idirnáisiúnta, scéal Fiannaíochta, finscéalta taistealacha, seanchas stairiúil agus sísheanchas, roinnt paidreacha, agus tá cúpla léaráid óna mac, Mícheál Ó Gaoithín, mar anlann leo. Léiríonn na taifeadtaí a bua mar scéalaí oilte, a hacmhainn grinn, a móreolas ar scéalta traidisiúnta agus a cumas máistriúil á gcur i láthair trí shúile mná. Buanaíonn an saothar seo ionad Pheig mar dhuine de shárscéalaithe na Gaeilge agus cinntíonn sé go bhfuil a cuid scéalaíochta le háireamh ar scoth na healaíne béil sa tír seo.



Among the first rank of Irish storytellers

In January 1952, six years before she died, Peig Sayers was interviewed by a team from the Irish Folklore Commission in St Anne’s Hospital, Dublin. She was more than happy to be recorded, and pleased to be visited by old friends, all of whom spoke fluent Kerry Irish.

In Not the Final Word these interviews are published for the first time, in both Irish and English, along with a substantial introduction and detailed annotation. Here Peig tells her versions of international folktales, a Fenian tale, some prayers, migratory legends and historical and supernatural lore, illustrated in paintings by her son, Mícheál Ó Gaoithín. She emerges as a warm and authentic storyteller, with a ready sense of humour, a deep knowledge of traditional narrative and highly skilled in its presentation. This collection reaffirms Peig Sayers’s position in the first rank of Irish storytellers and firmly establishes her tales in the canon of Irish oral literature.
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Peig Sayers Vol. 2: Níl Deireadh Ráite / Not the Final Word
Duine de shárscéalaithe na Gaeilge

In Eanáir 1952, sé bliana sula bhfuair Peig Sayers bás, thionscain Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann agallaimh léi agus í in ospidéal Naomh Anna, Baile Átha Cliath. Bhí Peig thar a bheith sásta labhairt lena cuairteoirí a raibh Gaeilge Chiarraí ar a dtoil acu agus seanaithne aici orthu.

Foilsítear den chéad uair in Níl Deireadh Ráite na hagallaimh sin mar aon le réamhrá tathagach, tráchtaireacht agus aistriúchán Béarla ar an iomlán. Cuireann Peig i láthair anseo seanscéalta idirnáisiúnta, scéal Fiannaíochta, finscéalta taistealacha, seanchas stairiúil agus sísheanchas, roinnt paidreacha, agus tá cúpla léaráid óna mac, Mícheál Ó Gaoithín, mar anlann leo. Léiríonn na taifeadtaí a bua mar scéalaí oilte, a hacmhainn grinn, a móreolas ar scéalta traidisiúnta agus a cumas máistriúil á gcur i láthair trí shúile mná. Buanaíonn an saothar seo ionad Pheig mar dhuine de shárscéalaithe na Gaeilge agus cinntíonn sé go bhfuil a cuid scéalaíochta le háireamh ar scoth na healaíne béil sa tír seo.



Among the first rank of Irish storytellers

In January 1952, six years before she died, Peig Sayers was interviewed by a team from the Irish Folklore Commission in St Anne’s Hospital, Dublin. She was more than happy to be recorded, and pleased to be visited by old friends, all of whom spoke fluent Kerry Irish.

In Not the Final Word these interviews are published for the first time, in both Irish and English, along with a substantial introduction and detailed annotation. Here Peig tells her versions of international folktales, a Fenian tale, some prayers, migratory legends and historical and supernatural lore, illustrated in paintings by her son, Mícheál Ó Gaoithín. She emerges as a warm and authentic storyteller, with a ready sense of humour, a deep knowledge of traditional narrative and highly skilled in its presentation. This collection reaffirms Peig Sayers’s position in the first rank of Irish storytellers and firmly establishes her tales in the canon of Irish oral literature.
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Peig Sayers Vol. 2: Níl Deireadh Ráite / Not the Final Word

Peig Sayers Vol. 2: Níl Deireadh Ráite / Not the Final Word

Peig Sayers Vol. 2: Níl Deireadh Ráite / Not the Final Word

Peig Sayers Vol. 2: Níl Deireadh Ráite / Not the Final Word

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Duine de shárscéalaithe na Gaeilge

In Eanáir 1952, sé bliana sula bhfuair Peig Sayers bás, thionscain Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann agallaimh léi agus í in ospidéal Naomh Anna, Baile Átha Cliath. Bhí Peig thar a bheith sásta labhairt lena cuairteoirí a raibh Gaeilge Chiarraí ar a dtoil acu agus seanaithne aici orthu.

Foilsítear den chéad uair in Níl Deireadh Ráite na hagallaimh sin mar aon le réamhrá tathagach, tráchtaireacht agus aistriúchán Béarla ar an iomlán. Cuireann Peig i láthair anseo seanscéalta idirnáisiúnta, scéal Fiannaíochta, finscéalta taistealacha, seanchas stairiúil agus sísheanchas, roinnt paidreacha, agus tá cúpla léaráid óna mac, Mícheál Ó Gaoithín, mar anlann leo. Léiríonn na taifeadtaí a bua mar scéalaí oilte, a hacmhainn grinn, a móreolas ar scéalta traidisiúnta agus a cumas máistriúil á gcur i láthair trí shúile mná. Buanaíonn an saothar seo ionad Pheig mar dhuine de shárscéalaithe na Gaeilge agus cinntíonn sé go bhfuil a cuid scéalaíochta le háireamh ar scoth na healaíne béil sa tír seo.



Among the first rank of Irish storytellers

In January 1952, six years before she died, Peig Sayers was interviewed by a team from the Irish Folklore Commission in St Anne’s Hospital, Dublin. She was more than happy to be recorded, and pleased to be visited by old friends, all of whom spoke fluent Kerry Irish.

In Not the Final Word these interviews are published for the first time, in both Irish and English, along with a substantial introduction and detailed annotation. Here Peig tells her versions of international folktales, a Fenian tale, some prayers, migratory legends and historical and supernatural lore, illustrated in paintings by her son, Mícheál Ó Gaoithín. She emerges as a warm and authentic storyteller, with a ready sense of humour, a deep knowledge of traditional narrative and highly skilled in its presentation. This collection reaffirms Peig Sayers’s position in the first rank of Irish storytellers and firmly establishes her tales in the canon of Irish oral literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781848407671
Publisher: New Island Books
Publication date: 11/30/2020
Pages: 347
Product dimensions: 6.15(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)
Language: Irish

About the Author

Pádraig O’Héalaí is a recently retired Senior Lecturer in Modern Irish at NUI, Galway. His area of specialization is Irish folklore and he has published on many aspects of this topic, including religious tradition, Blasket heritage, and beliefs and practices associated with the supernatural. He is a former editor of the journal Béaloideas and co-editor of a number of other works.

Table of Contents

Rianta ar CD 1 agus CD 2 viii

Nóta buíochais 1

Réamhrá 3

Nótaí le Réamhrá 34

Taifeadtaí Ospidéal Naomh Anna Téacsanna CD 1

1 Mac an Diabhail ina Shagart 39

2 Seomra Tom Smith 45

3 Fionn Ag Lorg Na hóige 51

4 An Feirmeoir a Chaill a Chlann Mhac 55

5 Seán Bí ID Shuí 60

6 Tomás Sayers Agus an Bhean Feasa 64

7 Eachtra Neamhshaolta Ar An Bhfarraige 69

8 Bodach an Mhúraigh 74

Téacsanna CD 2

9 An Bhurúch 81

10 Seanchas 85

10.1 Pobal an Oileáin 85

10.2 Pósadh 85

10.3 Scéalaíocht agus amhránaíocht 86

10.4 Obair na mban 90

10.5 Bia 94

10.6 Beostoc 96

10.7 Solas 98

10.8 Líonta 100

10.9 Imní faoi iascairí 101

10.10 Scoil an Oileáin 103

10.11 Mná caointe, Treantaigh agus Rísigh 104

11 Paidreacha 109

Nóta ar thras-scríobh na dtaifeadtaí 115

Tráchtaireacht 117

Not the Final Word

Track Listing for CD 1 and CD 2 ix

Acknowledgements 161

Introduction 163

Notes to Introduction 195

St Anne's Hospital Recordings

Texts CD 1

1 The Devil's Son as Priest 201

2 Tom Smith's Room 207

3 Fionn in Search of Youth 213

4 The Farmer Who Lost His Sons 217

5 Sit You Down, Seán 222

6 Tomás Sayers and the Wise Woman 226

7 An Eerie Happening at Sea 230

8 The Sturdy Youth of Moore's Castle 235

Texts CD 2

9 The Mermaid 241

10 Oral History 243

10.1 The Blasket population 245

10.2 Marriage 245

10.3 Storytelling and singing 246

10.4 Women's work 250

10.5 Food 253

10.6 Livestock 255

10.7 Lighting 257

10.8 Fishing nets 258

10.9 Fear for fishermen 259

10.10 The Island school 261

10.11 Keening women, the Trants and the Rices 262

11 Prayers 267

Commentary 273

Noda / Abbreviations 312

Foinsí / Sources 312

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