The head of the Irish Folklore Commission to send a full-time collector to speak to Peig. Peig was published in 1936. A second volume, Machnamh Sean-mhná (An Old Woman's Reflections), also edited by Ní Chinnéide, was published in 1939. He transcribed her recordings and sent them to Ní Chinnéide in Dublin who edited them for publication. It was a teacher Máire Ní Chinnéide , who was a regular visitor to the Blaskets, urged Peig to tell her story to Micheál. Micheál, returned in 1930 and earned a living sheep rearing and writing poetry. Peig had 11 children, six of which survived, all children emmigrated to the United States during the 1920's.
There are some accounts of it being an arranged marriage while other accounts say she fell madly in love in him after seeing him on the island.
She had no other choice but to return to work as a domestic servant.She returned home to Vicarstown in 1832 and married Pádraig Ó Gaoithín from the Great Blasket Island wurho was 12 years older than her on the 13th February. It was her wish to follow in the footsteps of her elder siblings and make the trip to America however the fare for her passage promised by her friend Cáit Boland never arrived. She was happy there however had to return home after 4 years due to illness. Her first job was a domestic servant in the nearby down of Dingle to the Curran family. She attended the local National School until she was 14. Tomás was a small farmer and a storyteller himself. Peig was the youngest child of Tomás and Margaret Sayers and was one of 13 children.
Despite not writing a single sentence, Peig dictated her recollections about life on the Great Blasket Island to her son Micheál Ó Guithín. Peig Sayers is one of Ireland's greatest storytellers.
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