Claire Keegan

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550 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 21 Jun

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Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa · So Late In The Day: Dua Lipa & Claire Keegan On Everyday Misogyny · 5 May 2026 podcast

Great.

I think the women, I do, I know this shouldn't be funny, but I do sometimes meet women and after readings they come over to get a book signed and they say, you know, I was married to a kaho or I escaped a kaho.

Or I was engaged to a Cahal, or I went out with a Cahal.

And I feel sorry for men whose name is Cahal now.

But the reason I chose it was because it was a name that doesn't have a female equivalent.

Well, thank you for the question.

I think I try and leave out anything that's unnecessary.

And if it's unnecessary, that's the piece that I leave out.

But the thing that I leave in must somehow inform what is left out, if that makes any sense.

And that I don't want it to be cryptic.

I don't like cryptic works.

I don't know that clarity has ever ruined a story.

And I like things to be clear and intelligent.

And I don't think it's necessary to go on for very long if you choose the right things.

oh, I don't know, told that I could do that or attempt to do it or even be interested in doing it.

I think that good things and bad things and bodies hateful and delightful and shining comes from all over the place.

You never know where you'll find it or where you won't find it.

And it's just a matter of luck and discovery.

I don't think there's anything special about Irish women writers or I just think that might be a form of chauvinism.

And I'm not a nationalist or a patriot, and I don't work for the tourist board in Ireland.

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