![]() Máire Ní Dhálaigh, of the OPW’s Blasket Centre said ‘ Peig was the Netflix of the time’. She was a woman full of fun and craic who loved to entertain and drew people to her. Archive recordings revealed in the programme from the National Folklore Collection in University College Dublin reveal a theatrical performer. Áine Ní Bhreisleáin, broadcaster and podcaster of Beo ar Éigean said: “Peig didn’t know that she would go viral, for many the quote from the book ‘cois léi san uaigh is an chos eile ar a bruach’ is a metaphor for the Gaeltacht and reflects how people perceive Irish as a dead language.” 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 20s and 30s and that the book was carefully edited to reflect one version of Peig’s life. Mom was not playing about that ” - Aldis Hodge “I was homeschooled until I was 14, and then when I was 14, I began attending college.Sinéad will meet others who want to reclaim Peig as an icon and hero, including Sharon Granahan who has a tattoo of Peig and why she is her hero. Renowned poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill features reading a newly composed poem for her Peig. “By pushing children and wanting quick success, parents are producing followers, not leaders. “What can I give you? I get a handsome guy who does look good in the morning, and I get a great ring. But obviously if ya dont keep up with the business, then your kinda doing it for nothing. “The good thing is that there is a constant need for innovation, which is important in the evolution of music and sound. ![]() “The articles were extremely eye-opening. “I call him truly learned who brings everything to bear on the truth, so that from geometry, music, grammar, and philosophy itself, culling ” - Clement of Alexandria “In the Gospels, for instance, we sometimes find the kingdom of heaven illustrated by principles drawn from observation of this world rather than ” - George Santayana They were all about being yourself, ” - Lisi Harrison Not just in Teen Vogue but in Seventeen and CosmoGirl as well. Instead of growing more sensible in death, the inhabitants of the cemetery were sillier than they ” - Milan Kundera “The cemetery was vanity transmogrified into stone. It was that the store intensified things that had always bothered her, as long ” - Patricia Highsmith “She knew what bothered her at the store. You cant beat the phone company, you ” - Bill Bryson “I once joked in a book that there are three things you cant do in life. “Werner Herzog, I knew him for so many years, when Fassbinder was at his highest moment. “A grey-haired wrinkled man has not necessarily lived long. More accurately, he has existed long.All eighteen grandchildren know that, during the summer months at least, nothing must disturb the match. When it comes to Gaelic Games, my father-in-law is a gluttonous omnivore. Whether it is a ‘Minors’ hurling match being played out in some rainy and deserted stadium down the country or an epic clash of the titans up in Croke Park, Michael demands an atmosphere of reverential silence. Eighteen seriously loud impediments to my father-in-law’s passion for sports His is an abiding passion and, like all true sports fans, he lives every twist and turn of the season. ![]() There is a ritual to these Sunday afternoons on the farm. The children disappear to the front parlour or bedroom to cause mayhem, much to my mother-in-law’s chagrin, whilst we settle down to read the papers and watch the match. The fire is usually roaring, even during the height of summer, and if I have not lost consciousness due to a combination of good food and unbearable heat, I tend to watch or ‘listen’ to the match. On those occasions when the match is not televised, Michael produces an ancient battery-operated transistor radio which is perched precariously on the mantelpiece. The room then resounds to the breathless and excited commentary of what is surely one of the fastest moving of team sports. Many of the matches are televised on TG4 – the Republic’s Irish language station. This station was launched on 31st October 1996 by the state broadcaster Radio Television Eireann (RTE). In the beginning, few commentators believed that the station would survive more than a few months and some even opined that it was a total waste of public money. Their pessimism was misplaced for not only has it survived but it has actually flourished. Indeed, it has proved to be an incredibly effective vehicle for promoting the Irish language.
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