Bad Bridget is a masterpiece of social history and true crime, showing us a fascinating and previously unexplored world. The show starts however with the bizarre story of a 19th century Irish conman who played a role in getting the church off the ground in the 1830s. We are responsible for ensuring that Northern Ireland’s significant collection is developed, cared for, and accessible to the widest possible audience.

From alcoholism, sex work, vagrancy, theft, kidnapping, infanticide, and murder, the picture of Irish women is not a good one.It seeks to explore how and in what ways Irish women were sexually deviant in North America and how they were treated. Beginning back in the California Goldrush of the 1850s, tens of thousands of Irish immigrants ventured into the American West.

Writing from County Leitrim, Thomas Canning petitioned New York officials for the release of his incarcerated daughter Marion. This is the kind of book where you can read it a chapter at a time - there is no overall narrative - and I was always excited to pick this book up and see what kinds of mischief these Bridgets were getting into during a really fascinating period of history. This podcast is a nostalgic trip through the early days of the internet in Ireland when podcasting emerged. The most interesting chapter to me was the one about immigrant Irish women getting arrested for drunkenness, because it showed how society's view of alcohol use (and alcoholism) has changed over time.I have posted images of New Geneva to my new WhatsApp and Telegram channels WhatsApp Irish History ChannelTelegram Irish History Channel Key sources Whatmore, R. There is a free postage option at checkout if you are housebound/shielding, on low income, or need help with postage costs for any other reason. So often history books don't gain the recognition they deserve but I am glad to see a lot of fellow bookstagramers recommending this book and also it being including in some of the book festivals. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. He saw the possible collaborations with the Ulster American Folk Park and put us in touch with Dave Tosh who introduced us to Liam Corry and Victoria Millar.