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Dervla Murphy

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November 28, 1931 in Lismore, County Watford, Ireland

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Travel

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Murphy grew up in the small town of Lismore, County Waterford, to parents she describes as "Dublin bourgeoisie". Her father was the local librarian and her mother suffered from rheumatoid arthritis. From an early age she wanted to travel; she claims that for her tenth birthday she received an atlas and a bicycle and decided to cycle to India. However, she left school at 14 and spent much of the next 16 years taking care of her invalid mother. But the death of her mother in 1962 left her free to make a longer trip.

Generally travelling alone and unaided, Murphy offers insights into the cultures and the lives of the people she meets.

In 1968 she gave birth to her only child, fathered by Irish Times journalist Terence de Vere White, whom she ne...more

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Books by Dervla Murphy

Average rating: 3.89 · 1,175 ratings · 184 reviews · 32 distinct works

	Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle 4.10 avg rating — 296 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	Eight feet in the Andes 3.88 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Ukimwi Road 3.85 avg rating — 60 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	In Ethiopia With a Mule 3.78 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Muddling through in Madagascar 3.67 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions	My rating:
	South From The Limpopo 3.70 avg rating — 47 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Where the Indus Is Young: Walking to Baltistan 3.85 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1978 — 8 editions	My rating:
	On A Shoestring To Coorg: An Experience Of Southern India 3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Through Siberia by Accident 3.62 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Wheels Within Wheels 3.76 avg rating — 46 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:

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“On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as gifts, and a few days later I decided to cycle to India...However, I was a cunning child so I kept my ambition to myself, thus avoiding the tolerant amusement it would have provoked among my elders.”
― Dervla Murphy

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