This was a time when Ireland was most dependent on agriculture and most people in Ireland were considered poor. The stories are generally of a tragic nature. Her stories give an account of what happened day to day for the inhabitants of the island. The book Peig published by oxford press is a collection of the stories told by Peig Sayers on the Blasket Islands. She is buried in the Dún Chaoin Burial Ground, Corca Duibhne. She stayed on the island until 1942, she then returned to Dingle. She was moved to a hospital in Dingle, County Kerry where she died in 1958. Seosamh O Dalaigh then donated the stories to the Irish Folklore Commision. From 1938, she dictated 350 stories mainly ancient legends, ghost stories, folk stories, and religious stories to Seosamh Ó Dálaigh. Most of her stories can be listened to in the Irish Folklore Commission. He then sent the manuscript pages to Máire Ní Chinnéide in Dublin, who edited them for publication. Micheál recorded all her stories and put together her biography. In or around the 1930s a Dublin teacher, Maire Ni Chineide wanted Peig Sayers to tell her son Micheal all the stories she has. These stories created a lot of interest in the academic world. He was very interested in the stories and wanted to make them available to the public. Robin Flower an academic from the British Museum went over to the Blaskets to meet with Peg Sayers. Peig had eleven children but only six survived.
Peig moved to the Great Blasket Islands after she married a fisherman who was living on the island. She spent the next few years as a domestic servant working for members of the middle class. At 12 she went to work for a well to do family in Dingle. She really enjoyed telling stories at a young age. He passed on some stories to the young Peig.
Her father was a well-known story teller of his time.
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