Bogwoman
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Director Tommy Collins Genres Drama, Family Drama Country Ireland | 6.6/10 IMDb Duration Language Irish Gaelic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer Tom Collins (screenwriter) Release date 13 June 1997 (1997-06-13) (Germany) Cast Peter Mullan, Sean McGinley Similar movies Tommy Collins directed Bogwoman and Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bogwoman is a 1997 film that 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
"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.
References
Bogwoman Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Bogwoman IMDb