Radio as object and signifier of female oppression in Irish cinema

This article looks at the use of radio in three Irish films set in the past and centring on women confined to oppressive environments. It examines the narrative role that the radio plays in terms of diegetic sound but also as an object in itself and as a tool that links these female characters uneasily to the outside world. In each of these films, the radio inspires a desire for connection and escape as well as communicating the inner feelings of the female characters concerned.