Eve O'Mahony is a writer and actor from Clonmel. In this episode Eve chats about what drew her to the character of Brigid Cleary, about how her one-woman show on the Bold Brigid has evolved since it's premiere at Clonmel Junction Arts Festival 2018, and her future plans for the show.

Written and performed by Eve O'Mahony, "Brigid Cleary" tells the story of the infamous witch-burning during the turn of the 20th Century.
The one-woman show describes the life and events which led to the death of Brigid Cleary, the last woman to be burned in Ireland. She is accused of being a changeling and is ultimately burned to death at the hands of her husband in Tipperary in 1895. The character of Brigid is the main narrator throughout the performance but her story is also told by a host of other characters. She tells the bittersweet story of her life as a successful businesswoman living in a patriarchal society and the details which lead to her tragic death.

This moving play brings forth a whole slew of issues - issues of inequality, tradition and superstition, progression and ignorance, group mentality and individual steadfastness, independence and interdependence and the role of women in early 20th century rural Irish
society.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Brigid-Cleary-1848265615387122/posts/

https://connachttribune.ie/savage-killing-message-times-444

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