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Bogwoman

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Bogwoman
Promotional poster
Written byTom Collins
Directed byTom Collins
StarringRachael Dowling
Peter Mullan
Sean McGinley
Noelle Brown
Music byFiachra Trench
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersTom Collins
Martha O'Neill
CinematographyPeter Robertson
EditorMary Finlay
Original release
Release13 June 1997 (1997-06-13)

Bogwoman is a 1997 Irish drama film directed by Tom Collins and starring Rachael Dowling, Peter Mullan, Sean McGinley, Noelle Brown. It follows the story of Maureen, a woman born in the Boglands of County Donegal who moves across the border to the Bogside to marry a Derry (Northern Ireland) man.

Etymology of title

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"Bogwoman" is a play on the term of abuse shouted at a Derry woman by the British Army; the term is a play on the word used to describe those women that live in the IRA stronghold of the Bogside in Derry.

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