Moire O'Sullivan

Moire O’Sullivan is a mountain runner, adventure racer, outdoor instructor, author and mum.

In 2009, she became the first person to complete Ireland’s Wicklow Round. She subsequently wrote the inspirational mountain-running memoir, Mud, Sweat and Tears.

In between having her children, Moire won Ireland’s National Adventure Racing Series in 2014, 2016 and 2017, a story captured in Bump, Bike and Baby.

Moire previously worked for international aid agencies throughout Africa and South-East Asia. During a stint in Vietnam, she welcomed into her home a dog named Tom, the subject of her book, The Hound from Hanoi.

Her latest book, A Quarter Glass of Milk, charts how when her husband took his own life, she was left with a stark choice: to weep forever over the glass of milk that had just spilt or to get on with the quarter that was still remaining.

Profile photo courtesy of Ian Macellan.