Bridget – Screening & Talk with Filmmaker Anne Williamson – Irish Film Fest
The Irish Coastal Club, in partnership with The UNITED presents the third-annual Westerly Irish Film Fest. Filmmaker Anne Williamson will be joining us in person from Tipperary Ireland for a special screening, talk, and Q&A about her film Bridget. Bridget is a short film about the life and death of Bridget Cleary who was murdered by her husband in Ballyvadlea in the parish of Drangan/Cloneen as he believed her to be a fairy changeling and convinced her family and neighbours that she was a witch. This became known in 1895 as the last witch burning in Ireland and the story and the subsequent trial was covered the world over. Anne Williamson and Brian Clancy decided Bridget needed to be vindicated and the veil of shame and darkness that has been hanging over the tiny parish for 130 years was finally lifted. Join us after the film for a post-screening reception in the UNITED Gallery.
Sunday, March 15, 2026
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