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Doireann Ní Bhriain Image Name: Doireann Ní Bhriain Description: Doireann Ní Bhriain

Bhain Nuala O’Faolain clú idirnáisiúnta amach nuair a foilsíodh a cuid cuimhní cinn Are You Somebody? sa bhliain 1996, leabhar ina gcuireann sí síos go lom ar na dúshláin a bhí le sárú aici mar bhean láidir, neamhspleách i dtír nár aithin mná i gceart.  Díríonn Músaem Litríochta na hÉireann ar an leabhar tábhachtach seo le taispeántas nua agus ar an gclár inniu labhrann Doireann Ní Bhriain le Tristan Rosenstock mar gheall ar an tionchar a bhí ag an leabhar nuair a foilsíodh é, agus faoina cara Nuala O’Faolain.

Nuala O’Faolain’s memoir Are You Somebody? caused a huge stir when they were published in 1996 and went on to become an international bestseller. Her frank depiction of the challenges women faced in a deeply conservative and Catholic Ireland may have ruffled a few feathers, but also provided a huge sense of inspiration for generations of Irish women. To coincide with an exhibition on this seminal work in MoLI, broadcaster Doireann Ní Bhriain recalls the impact the book had upon its release, and remembers her late friend Nuala O’Faolain. Tristan Rosenstock presents.