The Burning of Bridget Cleary: Cultural and Political Relationship Between Ireland and Britain

“The story of the killing of Bridget Clearly is so brilliantly researched and narrated that it becomes a parable of the cultural and political relationship between Ireland and Britain at the end of the last century.” Seamus Deane

Discuss Deane’s statement above in relation to how The Burning of Bridget Clearly is not just a story about rural people and their reaction to fairies.