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Bogwoman

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Bogwoman
Promotional poster
Directed byTom Collins
Written byTom Collins
Produced byTom Collins
Martha O'Neill
StarringRachael Dowling
Peter Mullan
Sean McGinley
Noelle Brown
CinematographyPeter Robertson
Edited byMary Finlay
Music byFiachra Trench
Release date
  • 13 June 1997 (1997-06-13) (Germany)
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

Bogwoman is a 1997 Irish 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

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"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.

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