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Lexicon St Brigids Day: Wild Women
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WILD WOMEN - A St Brigid’s Day Celebration dlr LexIcon 31st January 2023 Recording of an event held to celebrate St Brigid's day 2023 in dlr LexIcon library. Learn about some of the unconventional and unruly women who followed in Brigid’s footsteps and broke the mould. Meet the women today inspired by them – and her. - Activist Ailbhe Smyth talks about Brigid/St Brigid – pagan goddess and Christian saint. She discusses this fearless, powerful woman who was healer, poet and warrior. - Panel discussion chaired by broadcaster Flor MacCarthy featuring RTÉ’s Zainab Boladale, Senator Eileen Flynn, bestselling writer Sarah Webb and Irish Times columnist Justine McCarthy. - Extract from Call Me Madame, a black comedy about Countess Markievicz by Martina Devlin, read by acclaimed actor and scriptwriter Lise-Ann McLaughlin. The two are in conversation afterwards. Photo credit: Ger Holland
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