Bad Bridget: S1E4 - The Demon Drink!

About this episode

This episode explores the challenges faced by Irish women abroad who struggled with alcohol-related issues.

The Irish have a long association with alcohol and in this podcast we look at what happened to those Irish women who got into trouble with alcohol abroad. Those who drank to drown their sorrows, the mothers who neglected their children, and groups of women whose drinking on the streets brought them to court.

Topics covered

• alcohol
• Irish women
• trouble abroad
• neglect
• court cases
• drinking culture

Keywords

• Irish women
• alcohol
• neglect
• court
• drinking
• sorrows
• trouble

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ireland, abroad

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