Podcast Corner: Bad Bridget gives a glimpse at the lives of 'deviant' Irish women

Ireland seems to do history podcasts really well, not least the Bad Bridget series on the emigrant tales you probably haven't heard before 

Siobhan McSweeney narrates the Bad Bridget podcast. 

Ireland's output of history podcasts is world class - from social history podcast Three Castles Burning, about the stories of the streets and buildings around Dublin city; to the does-what-it-says-on-the-tin of the Irish History Podcast; to the six-part Stardust series from The Journal. Considering history is seen as less essential in the school syllabus in recent years, it seems ironic that it's never been more accessible.

One podcast to instantly add to the list is Bad Bridget, created by Ulster academics Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick. A five-part series that concluded just before Christmas, it seeks to go behind the traditional emigrant success story to tell the hidden tales of women that history has chosen to forget, according to Derry Girls star Siobhan McSweeney, whose narration pops up throughout the episodes.