Assume Nothing: The Secrets of St Brides

Original version

BBC Radio Foyle

From the North West of Northern Ireland -local news, sport, weather, speech and music

The North West of Northern Ireland's station for local news, live sport, weather, intelligent speech, great personalities and music to suit all tastes

Assume Nothing

Podcasts

Factual: Crime & Justice: True Crime

The teams assume nothing as they examine events through fresh eyes.

The Secrets of St Brides

BBC Radio Ulster

Assume Nothing: The Secrets of St Brides: Episode 5: The Maid

Episode 5: The Maid

BBC Radio Ulster - Assume Nothing, The Secrets of St Brides, Episode 5: The Maid

A chance encounter in a bookshop leads a young student to the Silver Sisters.

Ireland, 1984. St Brides School for young ladies opens its doors in the quiet fishing village of Burtonport, county Donegal - but all is not as it seems.

The headmistress discusses the philosophy behind the Silver Sisterhood’s computer games and explores their complicated relationship with physical discipline – which they feel was misunderstood by the outside world.

A young student finds a strange book in her local bookshop and decides to visit the Silver Sisters in Donegal.

Produced and presented by Conor McKay

Executive Editor: Andy Martin 

A BBC Northern Ireland Production

Northern Ireland's national station for local news, sport, weather, speech and music

Northern Ireland's national station for local news, live sport, weather, intelligent speech, great personalities and music to suit all tastes

Factual: Life Stories

Religion & Ethics

Factual: Real Life Stories

What is really going behind the doors of St Brides School for young ladies?

Ireland, 1984. St Brides School for young ladies opens its doors in the quiet fishing village of Burtonport, county Donegal - but all is not as it seems.

Ireland, 1984. St Brides School for young ladies opens its doors in the quiet fishing village of Burtonport, county Donegal - but all is not as it seems.

The mistresses and ‘girls’ appear to believe that they live not only in a different century, but in an entirely different world.

They are The Silver Sisterhood, a deeply religious group of women who worship a feminine God. They wear Victorian clothing, reject modernity and live by candlelight - but mysteriously they also begin to release a series of strange computer games apparently based on their unique school and unusual beliefs. Their strange way of life soon gives rise to rumour and speculation, but is any of it true - or is their alternative lifestyle simply fuelling suspicion?

Who are these women, what are they doing in Burtonport - and what is really going behind the doors of St Brides?

Produced and presented by Conor McKay
Executive Editor: Andy Martin 
A BBC Northern Ireland Production


Accessibility links

Programme Index

Assume Nothing

The Secrets of St Brides

Episode 5: The Maid

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio Foyle

About BBC Radio Foyle