100 women of 2024: Claire Keegan believes 'the reader completes the story'

The success of Foster/An Cailín Ciúin has brought Claire Keegan’s extraordinary talent to the world, and that's only set to continue with the highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of Small Things Like These. Profiled by Esther McCarthy.

'I love teaching. I love my students and I’m indebted to them for making me have the patience to spend the time all those years on the text'. Picture: Murdo MacLeod

The success of Small Things Like These and Foster has brought Claire Keegan’s extraordinary talent to the world and made her one of our most beloved writers.

This year we’ll see the highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of Small Things Like These, starring and co-produced by Cillian Murphy. It follows the remarkable success of Colm Bairéad’s Irish-language adaptation of her novel Foster ( An Cailín Ciúin), which was nominated for Best International Feature at the Oscars.