I grew up in a small estate in Galway, with loads of other kids around my age. About three years ago, we moved to Cross in Co Mayo. We were renting in Galway at the time, and because the estate was very close to student accommodation, [the landlord] wanted to rent the house out to students. My dad had also wanted to move to the countryside for a while, so we moved.
My parents are both from Delhi in India. My dad originally moved here about 25 years ago. He first moved from India to London, as he was doing his undergraduate in culinary art, which gave him a year abroad. When he was in England, he had a load of co-workers who were Irish, and they said: you should definitely come to Ireland, you would love it.
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