22-05-2025
Róisín Lafferty: ‘I never thought I'd live outside of Dublin, now I might never go back'
I grew up in Goatstown, south Co Dublin. It was a pretty ordinary 1950s-era semi-detached house. For some reason, in every house I've lived in I've lived in the attic. I prefer being at the top of the house, like a cat — it feels nice and tucked away. My mum still lives in my childhood home. She's lived in it her whole life because my grandad lived there previously, and I grew up with him. I've actually redone the house for her since to make it function better. We knocked down a few walls and changed the configuration. I think in some cases I put aesthetics over function, which she never lets me hear the end of. I was always the girl in school
