Making use of Gifford’s essay and other resources consider the following:

1. How does Bold Girls fit into the body of Irish literature about women? How do these women compare with women in other Irish plays?

2. What is the condition of women in Ireland and Northern Ireland today (in 2006)?

3. Irish mythology has many stories about powerful women. What are some of these stories and how does this mythology relate (or not) to Munro’s play?

4. Identify some Irish women writers and some of their works.

5. Discuss some of Rona Munro’s other plays and how they compare with this one.