Bogwoman
Appearance
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Bogwoman | |
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Written by | Tom Collins |
Directed by | Tom Collins |
Starring | Rachael Dowling Peter Mullan Sean McGinley Noelle Brown |
Music by | Fiachra Trench |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Tom Collins Martha O'Neill |
Cinematography | Peter Robertson |
Editor | Mary Finlay |
Original release | |
Release | 13 June 1997 |
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
[edit]"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.