In this conversation, Dr Christina Wade will speak to presenter Ciarán Murray about the history of women and beer alongside some of the biggest events in the story of Ireland. Dr Wade will provide some fascinating stories of an 18th-century courtesan who had a wicked streak of beer snobbery, and of medieval brewing women who defied regulations to make ale their own way. She will tell the audience about the hidden histories of brewing women. Songs are provided by Mick Keeley and Andrew Basquille from An Goilin Traditional singers.

The episode is researched and presented by Ciaran Murray. Produced by Jaye Palmer. Edit and sound design by Paul Loughran. Recorded by Gay Graham and Gabor Zajzon. Production support from Bill Bergin.  Thanks to Aoife King, Rike Held, Christina Hamilton, Holly Ritchie and all the team in Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Photo by Christina Hamilton.

About the series

Dublin’s Hidden Histories now in its second series, is in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub and Unit18.  Recorded in front of a live audience, and featuring songs sung by An Goilin Traditional singers, the series will bring to light histories of Dublin that have been lost or forgotten The series is made with the support of Coimisiún Na Meán’s Sound and Vision scheme, with the Television License fee.

The Trinity Long Room Hub is Trinity’s research institute for the Arts and Humanities. For more visit https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/about/

For more on An Góilín Traditional singers please visit https://goilin.com/

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