Bogwoman Explained

Bogwoman
Director:Tom Collins
Producer:Tom Collins
Martha O'Neill
Starring:Rachael Dowling
Peter Mullan
Sean McGinley
Noelle Brown
Music:Fiachra Trench
Cinematography:Peter Robertson
Editing:Mary Finlay
Country:Ireland
Language:English

Bogwoman is a 1997 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

"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.