Peig Sayers and the Ten of Wands

Peig Sayers, one of Ireland’s most celebrated storytellers, was born in 1873 in Dunquin, County Kerry, on the westernmost edge of Europe. Life on the Blasket Islands, where she spent most of her years, was beautiful but unforgiving — a place where nature ruled and survival often came at great personal cost. Peig’s life was marked by hardship, resilience…