Eclipsed /
Brogan, Patricia Burke.
Eclipsed / Patricia Burke Brogan. - 5th ed. - Salthill : Wordsonthestreet, 2008. - 92 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally published: Knockeven, Co. Clare: Salmon, 1994. Formerly CIP.
Framed by a present-day prologue and epilogue, the play is set in 1963 in a convent laundry at St. Paul's Home for Penitent Women in Killmacha, Ireland. 'Eclipsed' explores the practice of making pregnant and unwed Irish mothers work as 'penitents' in church-run laundries.
9780955260445 (pbk.) : £9.50
Unmarried mothers--Ireland--Drama.
Ireland--Social conditions--1922-1973--Drama.
822.914
Eclipsed / Patricia Burke Brogan. - 5th ed. - Salthill : Wordsonthestreet, 2008. - 92 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally published: Knockeven, Co. Clare: Salmon, 1994. Formerly CIP.
Framed by a present-day prologue and epilogue, the play is set in 1963 in a convent laundry at St. Paul's Home for Penitent Women in Killmacha, Ireland. 'Eclipsed' explores the practice of making pregnant and unwed Irish mothers work as 'penitents' in church-run laundries.
9780955260445 (pbk.) : £9.50
Unmarried mothers--Ireland--Drama.
Ireland--Social conditions--1922-1973--Drama.
822.914