Eimear Ryan: if there’s a version of me in an alternate timeline, I hope she’s in Brooklyn

Eimear Ryan

I grew up in north Tipp, the youngest of three. My parents, Seamus and Ber, are former teachers and have always been very interested and involved in the GAA. My siblings Conor and Eileen and I grew up playing hurling and camogie, and we still play at club level even though we’re all on the far side of thirty at this stage.

I was also really lucky as a kid that there were always books around the house. My parents are big readers and I developed a ferocious reading habit almost without thinking about it.