The Irish mother and musician who fled domestic violence to the Outback

A documentary premiering online at the Galway Film Fleadh this weekend follows Clare-born musician Áine Tyrell's flight from domestic abuse to travelling Australia in a 1966 bus

Áine Tyrell with her recording producer. “When I was at one of my lowest of lows I said, ‘I just want to take off in a bus with my kids.’" Photo courtesy of Áine Tyrell

For some people, hitting the open road and leaving it all behind is a lifelong dream, but for Clare-born musician Áine Tyrrell, it was a necessity as she took her three young children into the Australian Outback in a vintage bus to escape domestic violence.

“That was six years ago now,” says Áine, a successful folk musician who has performed at Australia’s Woodford Folk Festival, which attracts about 125,000 people every year.