A new series on TG4 An Diabhal Inti (The Devil's in Her), explores how and why thousands and thousands of people, mostly women, were accused of being in league with the devil and executed as 'witches'.
Set against the backdrop of the great European witch hunts spanning two centuries and reaching across the Atlantic as far as America the six-part series offers a unique lens into the social, political and religious conditions that resulted in one of the greatest ‘otherings’ in human history.
Featuring the renowned actor Olwen Fouéré, dancer and choreographer Aoife McAtamney and introducing the young Ailbhe Drimbarean, this visually arresting series offers a dramatic and mesmerizing re-examination of the idea of woman as ‘witch’. By exposing patriarchal views of women which combined with religious beliefs in the devil walking the earth, the series shows how accusations of witchcraft mostly targeted women, making the female body a site of demonic possession, with deadly consequences for the accused.
Sa chéad clár den tsraith insítear scéal bheirt bhan in Éirinn a ndearnadh géarleanúint orthu mar gur cuireadh ina leith gur 'witches' a bhí iontu. Bhí amhras i gCill Chainnigh gur mharaigh Alice Kyteler a fear céile agus an tEaspag cinnte go raibh sí i bpáirt leis an diabhal. D'imigh Alice ar a teitheadh ach bhí drochdheireadh ag a cailín aimsire Petronella de Meath. Na céadta bliain ina dhiaidh sin in Eochaill, cuirtear i leith Florence Newton gur chuir sí Mary Longdon faoi gheasa. Cuirtear Florence ar a triail ar chúiseanna asarlaíochta agus tugtar an 'Witch of Youghal' ó shin uirthi.
An Diabhal Inti, Dé Máirt, 8 Márta ar TG4 ag 10pm
