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    Bold, Brilliant and Bad: Irish Women from History

    By Marian Broderick

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    From every county in Ireland Bold, Brilliant & Bad draws together the stories of over 120 amazing Irish women. Marian Broderick is back to explore the histories of remarkable Irish Women in history. From creative craftswomen to singing sensations, poets to sporting champions.  From Lilian Bland to Maeve Binchy and from Anne O'Brien to Professor Sheila Tinney, these women paved the way for the future and made massive changes in their various fields.

    Meet the women from history who went against the grain and challenged the expectations of the world. There were and are a force to be reckoned with.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe O'Brien Press
    Release dateSep 10, 2018
    ISBN9781788490672
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    Bold, Brilliant and Bad: Irish Women from History
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    Marian Broderick

    Marian Broderick is a writer and editor who lives and works in London. She is second-generation Irish; her parents are from Donegal and Limerick. She spent every summer of her childhood in Ireland and has developed strong links with the place and the people. Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History proved hugely popular on publication in 2001 and Marian furthered her research to bring the reader more wild Irish women in Bold, Brilliant & Bad: Irish Women from History (2018).

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