Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women

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This podcast tells the stories of the men and women who forged vibrant Irish communities in the face of adversity.

Some who migrated from Ireland believed their partners would follow them, only to find themselves alone and thousands of miles from home. Some spent their trials weeping, clearly incredibly remorseful or horrified at the situations in which they found themselves. com/andersonville-irish/Listen to my 2018 episode with Damian where we discuss broader Irish involvement in the US Civil War.Some stories and circumstances were difficult to read by their nature, but the authors handled this well.

orgBrent Barlow’s PhD thesis on the history of Mormonism is extremely useful - https://scholarsarchive.It seeks to explore how and in what ways Irish women were sexually deviant in North America and how they were treated. Biography: Elaine Farrell (Author) Elaine Farrell is a Reader in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's University Belfast, and co-creator with Leanne McCormick of the Bad Bridget project.

Listen to how the discrimination and prejudice experienced by the Irish over 150 years ago has similar echoes in today’s society.The final episode of the year will be out next week when we will look at the story of the Irish In the American West. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the two musicians completely changed their approach to producing the music.