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Bad Bridget
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Research project led by Elaine Farrell (Queen's Uni Belfast) & Leanne McCormick (Ulster Uni) exploring the lives of Irish women in 19th & 20th-century North America who ended up in trouble with the law.
Book | Podcast | Exhibition@Ulster American Folk Park
March 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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If you've not been to see the Bad Bridget exhibit at the Ulster American Folk Park, you need to go.
It's a fantastic insight into the world of Irish emigrant women in New York.
The book is incredible too.
Happy St Brigid's weekend!

#stbrigid #imbolg #stbrigidsday

image cred: @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social @UlsterAmericanFolkPark
February 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Happy St Brigid's weekend!

#stbrigid #imbolg #stbrigidsday

image cred: @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social @UlsterAmericanFolkPark
February 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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This is fantastic & fascinating insight into experiences of Christmas in 1935 & features its very own ‘bad Bridget’ @badbridgetbook.bsky.social. 🎄. Thanks @helenbeaumont.bsky.social for sending to me ❤️.
‘Inferior port, bad salads and hangovers’: newly discovered 1935 diary offers invaluable view of England’s festive past
A diary bought at auction reveals the antics of two intrepid gourmands in search of the perfect English Christmas
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:43 AM