Maura Derrane discovered a newspaper clipping from 1995 about her early acting career while visiting her family home in Inis Mór. The clipping commemorates her overcoming stage fright and a fear of public speaking by performing in a play at the Taibhdhearc Theatre in Galway. Derrane credits this experience with helping her launch her television career.
Her parents, farmer Mattie and homemaker Bridgie, built their home in Inis Mór with Maura enjoying a quintessential Irish childhood there, and on returning there to celebrate Christmas, she found a newspaper clipping from 1995.
She said: "Every time I come home to Inis Mór, I find a memory my mother has kept from many moons ago." "Facing my fears on stage seemed like the best way to do it. I seriously nearly passed out of the opening night, not just from the flu, but seeing actual humans in the audience."
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