Season 2 · Episode 44
Peig McManus: A Dublin Childhood and a Life Less Ordinary
Three Castles Burning · Donal Fallon
August 16, 202347m 6s
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Show Notes
Peig McManus was born into a life in tenement Dublin in the late 1930s. In subsequent decades, she became one of Ireland's most recognisable voices for educational reform. In her brilliant memoir, I Will Be Good: A Dublin Childhood and a Life Less Ordinary, she talks about her childhood, her time in school, her activism over many decades and the various campaigns for educational reform. Recorded live at 14 Henrietta Street. Peig's book: https://chaptersbookstore.com/products/peig-mcmanus-i-will-be-good-2023-paperback Teatime Talks: https://14henriettastreet.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873650441