From convent cloister to "The country girls": the Irish nun in history and literature

Convent life gave opportunities to Irish women to get a good education, avoid ‘compulsory’ marriage and indeed the chance for ‘worldly’ adventures and travel. Find out more with Professor Deirdre Raftery, author of Nano Nagle; the life and the legacy and Professor of Poetry, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin during an evening of talk and readings introduced by Nell Regan.

Recorded at the Studio Theatre, dlr Lexicon on Wed, 17 April 2019.

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