Beginner’s Pluck: Jenny Ireland

“I got married, had children, and after the second one, Rory, was born, I suffered from sleep deprivation, and started writing.”

Jenny Ireland, author. Photograph Moya Nolan

Jenny comes from a family of readers, but as a child she preferred TV.

“There were some books that I loved, but I didn’t write, and I hadn’t a clue what I wanted to do.” After university, Jenny worked for two years as a para legal, but then quit because, suffering with anxiety, she realised the life wasn’t for her.