The Burning Of Bridget Cleary

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story | Angela Bourke

In 1895 Ireland, her family claimed Bridget had been taken away by fairies until her burnt body was found in a shallow grave. Four of her family members were charged with her murder that resulted when they tried to banish the fairies from her.

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Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi

Crazeedi This sounds really good!! 5y

emilyhaldi Those crazy fairies!! 🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏼‍♀️ 5y

Reviewsbylola This is on my TBR but I‘m concerned about the fairies. 5y

Mdargusch The Irish culture just explained away anything that they didn‘t understand by saying that the fairies were responsible. @Reviewsbylola it‘s actually very fascinating and they refused to believe modern day science. It‘s an interesting historical true crime. (edited) 5y

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Mdargusch

Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story | Angela Bourke

I decided to start off the month of October with this creepy true crime story. It takes place in Ireland in 1895 and there‘s lots of talk about witches, spells and fairies.
#blackcats #thewitchisback

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DivineDiana Perfect companion for this read! 🖤 6y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🖤 6y

vkois88 Gorgeous cat 🐱❤ The book sounds good! #Stacked 6y

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LeahBergen Here‘s hoping it‘s a good one (it‘s on my shelf, too!) 👍🏻 6y

Mdargusch I skimmed some unneeded detail @LeahBergen but it‘s quick and fascinating. I give it 3 1/2 ⭐️ 6y

Reviewsbylola I think this is on my TBR. 6y

emilyhaldi I checked this out at your house yesterday, sounds really good! 6y

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LeahBergen

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story | Angela Bourke

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This book (on my “historic true crime” shelf 😄) tells of the 1895 disappearance of an Irish woman who was believed to be taken by the fairies - until her burned remains were discovered and her family was charged with murder. I‘ve heard that Hannah Kent recommends this in the endnotes to her novel, The Good People.

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(Thank you to @Chrissyreadit for sending this one to me for the #2018NonfictionBookExchange 😘).

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

rubyslippersreads I‘m curious about this one, though it might be too gruesome for me. 🔥 6y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Mine isn‘t either! I wonder what‘s going on! 6y

Leftcoastzen On my TBR 6y

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toofondofbooks That's so weird I just watched an episode of Lore on Amazon Prime yesterday about this same case. 6y

mrp27 Sounds fascinating! 6y

BarbaraBB Interesting blurb! 6y

Mdargusch Have you read this? Sounds good. 6y

emilyhaldi Instant #stack 6y

erzascarletbookgasm Thanks, stacked! 6y

Tamra How morbidly fascinating. 6y

Cathythoughts Sounds interesting 6y

RohitSawant Oo, stacking! 6y

Cinfhen Definitely #stacking 6y

Chrissyreadit What did you think of it? I was very intrigued! 6y

LeahBergen @Mdargusch @Chrissyreadit It‘s still TBR. The story of my life! 😆😆 6y

Chrissyreadit @LeahBergen 😆😆😆 mine too with so many books! 6y

Reviewsbylola I‘ve had this on my TBR! 6y

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LeahBergen

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story | Angela Bourke

Part 1 of my #2018NFBE haul!

Thank you so much, @Chrissyreadit !! Two fantastic-sounding books from my TBR, an Appalachian Trail magnet (which will be used as a bookmark 😆), Bronte AND Austen cards... I love it all! I especially love that Bronte card made by one of your local artists. You spoiled me! 😘😘

Thank you to @inwhichHeikereadsharder for hosting this great swap!

#2018NonfictionBookExchange

niha923 Looks amazing! 6y

Tanisha_A That Austen bookmark! 💙 6y

Libby1 The tagged book is good. I used it in my MA dissertation! 6y

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Heideschrampf I love the brontë sisters postcard! Is this from the local artist? What's his/her name? 6y

britt_brooke Nice!! 💚 6y

Chrissyreadit @LeahBergen @Heideschrampf I loved the card- her name is on the back I think, she has an Etsy shop. 6y

Mdargusch Wow! ❤️ 6y

Reviewsbylola I love the cards and Working Stiff is so good! 6y

rubyslippersreads That Brontë card! ??? 6y

LeahBergen @niha923 @Tanisha_A @britt_brooke @Mdargusch I love it all! 😍 6y

LeahBergen @Libby1 I‘m so excited to read it! 👏🏻 6y

LeahBergen @Heideschrampf The artist‘s name is Sabrina L. Williams and her Etsy shop is called Inky Notions. I love it! (edited) 6y

LeahBergen @Reviewsbylola I can‘t wait to read it! 👍🏻 6y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Isn‘t it amazing?? 6y

heikemarie My pleasure, looks so great! 6y

readordierachel Wonderful! 6y

DebinHawaii I really liked 'Working Stiff.' 📚👍 6y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story | Angela Bourke

We're at our favorite Celtic Festival weekend. And yes, this band is actually called Burning Bridget Cleary. And they are terrific. #celticfling #celticfestival #welshnotirish

LauraBrook Love this! I liked the book, so I'll have to check out this group and see if they're on YouTube! 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @LauraBrook I'm sure they are! Now I'll have to read the book. 7y

LeahBergen Awesome! (and now I want to read this book). 7y

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Jess_Read_This So neat! What a fantastic sounding festival! 7y

Megabooks Awesome! 7y

BekaReid Love the Celtic Fling! It's one of our favorite summer events...will be headed there Sunday! And Burning Bridget Cleary is such a fun group! 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @BekaReid We will be back on Sunday also but not until 3:30 or 4. It would be great to meet you here! At the book shop? 😎 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Jess_Read_This It's my happy place! 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @LeahBergen I do too! Anything can inspire me to read. 😜 7y

BekaReid @BarbaraTheBibliophage We will definitely be hitting the bookshop! Hubby had a nice book haul last year. We will be there all day and would love to meet up if it works out. 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @BekaReid That'd be great. Are we friends on Goodreads? It's be easier to text each other Sunday but I don't want to put my phone number here. 7y

BekaReid @BarbaraTheBibliophage I'm not on goodreads 7y

BekaReid @BarbaraTheBibliophage oops hit send too early. You can email me at bekasreid@gmail.com and I can send you my # 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @BekaReid will do - we have a plan! 7y

azulaco Poor Bridget Cleary. One heck of a story. Ah, the good old days. 😳 7y

Leftcoastzen Wish I was there🇮🇪!!!! 7y

kspenmoll Sounds like my kind of festival. Enjoy!!! 7y

kylienoele Have fun!! 😄 7y

readordierachel How cool! 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @azulaco It's a crazy story, that's for sure. 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @kylienoele @ReadOrDieRachel Wish you could all come join us! Tonight was partly rained out, but the weekend promises to be better weather. Can't wait! 7y

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Sue

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story | Angela Bourke

Soooo, I'm a little late with this prompt. I wasn't sure what to do with #whenthedovescry but I bet there was a lot of crying in this relationship. At the end of The Good People, Hannah Kent recommends this book, the awful tale of a woman who disappears from her home, and whose family claims she was taken by fairies. Her burnt body is later discovered and her husband is arrested and tried for murder.

Cinfhen

Cinfhen Sounds fascinating and I can't wait to read

The Good People

Reggie Sounds intense. 7y

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Sue

The Burning Of Bridget Cleary: A True Story | Angela Bourke

So stoked my copy of this has turned up. In her acknowledgements at the end of The Good People, Hannah Kent recommends this book, as a real life example of what happened in her book. I find this fascinating (and feel badly for poor Bridget)

TheBookAddict Awesome! And I also love your carpet! 😍 7y

Sue @TheBookAddict Why thank you 😊it's good for digging your toes into. And for identifying homophobes 😊 7y

TheBookAddict @Sue 🤣👍🏽 it does look nice and comfy as well as pretty. 7y

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Libby1 I read this book a number of years ago when I first moved to Ireland. It's fascinating. 7y

Libby1 And the carpet TOTALLY rocks! 7y

Sue @Libby1 Lol, thanks 😊 7y

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