'When the fun is at its height it is time to go', runs the Irish proverb and when visitors went each night Peig would draw the ashes over the peat-embers to preserve the fire till morning, reciting her customary prayer: 'I preserve the fire as Christ preserves all. As she talked her hands would be working too a little clap of the palms to cap a phrase, a flash of the thumb over the shoulder to mark a mystery, a hand hushed to mouth for mischief or whispered secrecy. Great artist and wise woman that she was, Peig would at once switch from gravity to gaiety, for she was a light-hearted woman, and her changes of mood and face were like the changes of running water. News was swapped, and the news often gave the lead for the night's subject, death, fairies, weather, crops.' All was grist to the mill, the sayings of the dead and the doings of the living, and Peig, as she warmed to her subject, would illustrate it richly from her repertoire of verse, proverb and story. ‘I wish I had the ability to describe the scene in Peig Sayers's home in Dunquin on a winter's night when the stage was set for the seanchaí’, writes Seosamh Ó Dálaigh to me… ‘When the visitors arrived (for all gathered to the Sayers house when Peig was there to listen to her from supper-time till midnight) the chairs were moved back and the circle increased. Rodger's 'Introduction' to An Old Woman's Reflections (1962, xii-xiv), the translation by Seamus Ennis of her autobiographical account, Machtnamh Seana-Mhná (1939): The storytelling occasions when Peig, seated in front of the fire, in her home in Baile Bhiocáire, entranced her audience, were vividly recalled by Seosamh Ó Dálaigh in his diary accounts of his collecting sessions with her and in W. This was the context in which Peig Sayers narrated tales while she lived on the Island, and afterwards in Baile Bhiocáire, Dunquin, after her return to the mainland in 1942. The custom of house visiting provided a structure for night-time entertainment of which storytelling was a part. In the remote, windswept Great Blasket Island lying in the Atlantic Ocean off the south-west coast of county Kerry, entertainment continued to be community based for as long as the island remained inhabited. May – Sept €606.Photograph of Peig Sayers as she was in the 1950s Kerry County LibraryEnlarge image An Blascaod Mór and Baile Bhiocáire, Dunquin, Co. Return to Dingle by 5.30p.mĪ truly unique and memorable experience awaits youĬost from €566.00 per room based on two people sharing a twin/double Deluxe room – available from April 2022Īpr €566.00 per room based on two people sharing You start with a one and half hour Eco Tour enroute to the island and three and a half hours on the island – lots of time to explore and find the perfect spot for your picnic. Picnic Basket from Little Cheese Shop Dingle or Dingle Food Company (please request menu choices in advance)Ī day tour to the Great Blasket Island with the Great Blasket Experience aboard the Peig Sayers from 11am at Dingle pier. Two nights deluxe accommodation with Bucks Fizz on arrival The island, which is extremely important in our Irish heritage, was home to a small farming and fishing community until it was vacated in 1953. The island offers scenic walks, flora and fauna, prehistoric remains an abundant sea and bird life. This two-night package includes one of the most magical experiences, a trip to the incredibly romantic and picturesque Great Blasket Island, the most westerly point in Europe, located three miles off the Dingle Peninsula. We can make it happen, with our gorgeous Blasket Basket Package Imagine one of the most picturesque and romantic picnics you could have. Imagine completely getting away from it all … on an island in the Atlantic Ocean … adjacent to the Wild Atlantic Way. Special Packages Blasket Basket Two Night Package The Conor Pass Drive Dingle Peninsula – An Chonair.Slea Head Drive Dingle – Slí Cheann Sléibhe.Exhilarating Dingle Sea Safari Experience.Blasket Basket Two Night Package - Castlewood House Dingle
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