Welcome back to Season 2 of the Bad Bridget podcast! To begin this season we’re talking about a very common occupation for many Irish women (and Bad Bridgets!) in North America – domestic service.

We are joined by Catherine Healy and Andy Urban, who share their expertise on the life of a servant. Listen in to find out how things could go wrong for many servants, as well as the escapades of some servants who had more than cooking and cleaning on their minds!

And of course the wonderful Siobhán McSweeney is back to bring these Bad Bridget stories to life.

Written and presented by Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick.

Producer: John D’Arcy.

Episode 1 guests: Catherine Healy and Andy Urban.

Actor: Siobhán McSweeney.

Music: Franziska Schroeder and Catriona Gribben.

Artwork: Fiona McDonnell.

Podcast funded by Ulster University Impact Accelerator Fund, AHRC.

The Bad Bridget project was funded by AHRC with University Ulster & Queen’s University Belfast.

More Bad Bridget online:

- The Book: Bad Bridget: Crime, mayhem and the lives of Irish emigrant women https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/446640/bad-bridget-by-mccormick-elaine-farrell-and-leanne/9780241994320

- The Exhibition: Bad Bridget Exhibition: Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone https://www.ulsteramericanfolkpark.org/whats-on/bad-bridget

- The Instagram: badbridgetbook https://www.instagram.com/badbridgetbook

- The Project homepage https://badbridget.wordpress.com/