Nuala Hayes is a storyteller and well-known actor. In this special YARN performance, she will tell some of Peig’s story – focusing on Peig’s close and happy relationship with some of the collectors who visited the Great Blasket Island summer after summer to sit at her feet and listen to her stories. Nuala will also tell a small selection of Peig’s stories, translated by Eilis Ni Dhuibhne from the original recordings (transcribed in manuscrips of the National Folklore Collection.) Some of these stories will be familiar to listeners, since they are versions of tales well-known in international traditional, and others will be new.
Live visual animation by artist Rita Duffy and music by acclaimed musician Aoife Granville.
Esker Arts Amphitheatre @ 8.00pm | Tickets €16