AN DIABHAL INTI (THE DEVIL’S IN HER)

… a rich, beautiful and affecting piece of filmmaking… Production values this sublime should be the standard for television rather than a rare exception.

The Independent

Writer, Director, Co-Producer

Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women, were persecuted in the witch hunts in Europe and America in the early modern period.

Yet witch trials were rare in Ireland, a culture where ancient beliefs in powerful female archetypes remained. An Diabhal Inti (The Devil’s in Her) explores witchcraft accusations in Ireland, the religious beliefs and social conditions that underpinned them, and tells the stories of those who were persecuted.

Featuring Olwen Fouéré, Aoife McAtamney and Ailbhe Drimbarean

Produced by Ashlene Aylward, DOP: Raja Nundlall, Editor: Jill Beardsworth, Sound recordist: Christine Barker, Costume by Róisín Gartland

A Lagan Media Production in collaboration with Saoi Media for TG4, BAI, ILBF and BBC Northern Ireland.

Paula Kehoe and Ashlene Aylward are currently co-writing and producing a tv show about the women accused of witchcraft in Ireland - we hear about these women and why there were so few accused of witchcraft in Ireland when compared with Scotland