Kerri Ní Dochartaigh
Author
Credit: Stuart Bailie
Kerri ní Dochartaigh was born in Derry to a Catholic mother and Protestant father at the height of the Troubles. Through writing her memoirs, published as Thin Places in 2020 to critical acclaim, she reveals how she heals her trauma by immersing in the natural world and ancient mythology, inspiring other survivors with a unique perspective that is testament to humanity’s potential to heal from unimaginable suffering. She believes that ‘the less silencing that happens, the more healing happens.’ Kerri asks us ‘to reclaim and rejoice in our landscape, and to remember that the land we fight over is much more than lines on a map.’