Dervla Murphy turned 80 in November 2011, and her birthday was marked by several fantastic articles!
_Hilary Bradt (herself a big travel writing name) interviewed Dervla for the fantastic Wanderlust Magazine: click here.
Hilary had so much to write that she featured 'extras' from the above interview with Dervla on her personal website: click here.
Published somewhat early, Hugh Thomson's 'Around the world in 80 years' with Dervla for The Telegraph travel section can be found here.
Another nice 'Dervla turns 80' article, this one from Collette Sheridan in the Irish Examiner: click here.
Here Dervla reviews David Thomson's 'Woodbrook' for the quarterly journal Slightly Foxed - the review was published to coincide with Dervla's birthday: click here.
Hilary had so much to write that she featured 'extras' from the above interview with Dervla on her personal website: click here.
Published somewhat early, Hugh Thomson's 'Around the world in 80 years' with Dervla for The Telegraph travel section can be found here.
Another nice 'Dervla turns 80' article, this one from Collette Sheridan in the Irish Examiner: click here.
Here Dervla reviews David Thomson's 'Woodbrook' for the quarterly journal Slightly Foxed - the review was published to coincide with Dervla's birthday: click here.