Bridget Cleary

Bridget Cleary

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Bridget Cleary was a Tipperary woman whose tragic murder in 1869 by her husband, who believed she was replaced by a faerie changeling, has become a haunting tale of institutionalized misogyny and folklore in Irish history.

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Ireland Ireland: Bridget Cleary is mentioned as an inspiration for the themes of rebellion and troublemaking in Ní Churreáin's poetry. 7

Annemarie Ni Churreain Sinead O Connor Annie Murphy Mary Thaidhg Michael Gallen Mary Robinson Gabrielle Kerouac Peig Sayers Constance Markievicz Maud Gonne Lady Augusta Gregory Biddy Jenkinson Caelainn Hogan Jamie Murphy Dimitra Xidous Kimberly Campanello
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: ‘There’s a deep respect embedded in Gaeltacht culture for troublemakers’ – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Bridget Cleary, the Tipperary woman murdered in 1869 by a husband who believed she had been replaced with a faerie changeling. 5

Kevin Martin Magugu Jasmine Wood Rois Saoirse Miller
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: a wickedly groovy Halloween appetite whetter – The Irish Times