PEIG | movie | 2021 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Sinéad Ní Uallacháin is on a mission to change people's perceptions of Peig Sayers. | dG1fS0toUTByMGVURjQ

Transcript

00:00I remember doing it in school and I just thought that it was such a story of death, deprivation.

00:07When I see her even, I'm like, oh my God, that book, it gives me nightmares.

00:12The pink book, her shawl, every time we brought it out, we were like, oh, the pain, the misery, what's she going to be saying today?

00:24The most depressing book that a 14-year-old could ever open in their life.

00:30All in all, she had a beautiful and gallant story.

00:34The story is more than her, it's her wife and that's what inspires me the most.

00:38I suppose we're not the wife, the mother, the person, the game, we're not evil.

00:43A mid-sized woman built like a big shit house, Irish, Catholic, to the core, living on a nothing island.

00:50When you tell people, and I have to admit, you tell people to refer to you as Peg, and to call you Peg.

00:56I'll be sitting there going, here comes the Peg assault.

00:58I now would love to be able to speak Irish, but I didn't like Irish because of that book.

01:03If you understand the language as it is, I suppose you understand the language.

01:08Like, it's so weird how she's so synonymous with learning Irish as well.

01:11Like, why did she stand out the most out of all of the books that we've read?

01:15What's missing from this woman at this time?

01:17Without money, without food, we have to take her back, and I'm almost against this woman.

01:23I'd love to sit with her and listen to her stories.

01:27People of the land, Irish people, we love you.

01:30Thank you for listening to my story.

01:32Peg. Instant recognition.