Dervla Kirwan: What most recently made you cry?

What most recently made you cry?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Dervla Kirwan said elsewhere, not written here

At my mother’s funeral last year.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

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Julie Andrews English actress, singer and author

Working on my memoir because some memories were painful to revisit.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2019 source ↗

Guz Khan

We’re not really allowed to cry where I’m from. I can only cry in summer, at the height of hay fever.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗

Andy Serkis English actor

23 June last year. The fact that certain people have chosen for us to come out of Europe is one of the saddest, divisive and unthought-through events in my lifetime.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2017 source ↗

Big Narstie British entertainer

Yesterday – I’m bipolar.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗