Peig: In Search of her Castleisland Roots

A Brosnan Gathering is the title of a book produced in 2013.1  It contains an interesting article about Blasket Island writer, Peig Sayers, whose mother was Margaret (Peig) Brosnan.2   It is generally accepted that Margaret Brosnan was from Castleisland.  Tom Brosnan, author of The Brosnan Gathering, remarked that, despite Peig’s international literary fame, little […]