Early Life
Kirwan was born in Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Peter Kirwan was an insurance broker, and her mother, Maureen O'Driscoll was a language teacher. She is the youngest of three daughters. She attended Loreto Beaufort in Rathfarnham, Dublin a Catholic school for girls,until the age of 16 when she was asked to leave as her career as an actress started to progress. Kirwan finished her education at a now closed non-denominational school, Sandymount high school in Dublin. Kirwan's paternal great-grandfather was a Polish Jewish immigrant who had married Kirwan's paternal great-grandmother, a Catholic, in Ireland. Kirwan is a great-granddaughter of Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll, who was a sister of Michael Collins, one of the Irish leaders during the Irish War of Independence. Dervla's maternal grandfather, Finian O'Driscoll was Michael Collins' nephew.
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