{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61d5be008150ae0014bc3671/6a33cecfc17f30287636ae11?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"An Irishwoman’s Diary Episode 12:  A ‘militant’ lesbian nun who made history  - Bridget Coll ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61d5be008150ae0014bc3671/1782744580495-f21b6a11-d9bf-42e6-bc4b-f857aa88db36.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>This is series 2 of An Irishwoman’s Diary from The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast, search in your podcast app for An Irishwoman’s Diary to find the six-episode Series 1. </em>&nbsp;</p><p>Bridget Coll’s story reads like fiction — a thriller even — just as the many words used to describe her don’t seem to fit together: nun, lesbian, teacher, militant, law-changer, even “home-wrecker”.</p><p>This “tiny woman with a fierce heart” from Fanad Co Donegal protested in Chile and made legal history in Canada. But at home in Ireland, her story isn’t so well known.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41425471.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Clodagh Finn: Bridget Coll — nun, lesbian, law-changer, and militant</a></p>","author_name":"Irish Examiner"}