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Dervla McTiernan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
280 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

It plays rain noises.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

So when I'm really trying to get out of Perth, I close the curtains in my, I've got this tiny study off the kitchen.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

I close the curtains.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

I crank up the air conditioning.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

I put on a jumper and my noise cancelling headphones and I listen to the rain.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

I pretend I'm in Galway.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

It's pathetic.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

It really is.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

Whatever it takes.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

Yes, too warm.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

It was, it was the crash.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

I mean, I had a small practice in the West of Ireland and I worked for property developers and I did a lot of property work generally.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

So when the crash hit, it hit us very hard.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

And my husband just happened to be a civil engineer.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

So he was on a short-term contract at the time.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

So for us, it was like a

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

tsunami of financial disasters.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

Plus, we bought our house at the peak of the boom.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

So it was really, really rough.

The Bookshelf
On Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me and Joanne Harris's The Strawberry Thief, and the bookshelves of Caro Llewellyn and Dervla McTiernan

And I had been, you know, building up my little practice over the last six or so years because I started it when I was quite young when I was only 26.