Place Apart Murphy Dervla
Place Apart Murphy Dervla At the height of The Troubles, Dervla Murphy bicycled to Northern Ireland to try to understand the situation by speaking to people on either side of the divide. Armed…
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Place Apart Murphy Dervla
At the height of The Troubles, Dervla Murphy bicycled to Northern Ireland to try to understand the situation by speaking to people on either side of the divide. Armed instead with an indefatigable curiosity, a fine ear for anecdote, an ability to stand her own at the bar, and a penetrating intelligence, she navigated her way through horrifying situations, and sometimes found herself among people stiff with hate and grief. Despite her own family connections to the IRA, she travelled north largely unfettered by sectarian loyalties.
But equally, she discovered an unquenchable thirst for life and peace, a spirit that refused to