The Question and Answer section for By the Bog of Cats is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
By the Bog of Cats is a 1998 play written by Irish playwright Marina Carr. Inspired by the myth of Medea, the play centers around Hester Swane, a heavy-drinking, low-class woman whose lover has left her for another woman. Now, she must face the...
Josie Kilbride is Hester and Carthage's daughter. She is seven-years-old.
Mrs. Kilbride is Carthage’s mother and Josie's grandmother. She is a mean, jealous, old woman, who doesn't like her son's wife or his daughter.
When we first meet Josie, she is playing in the snow.
