Irish Quotes and aphorisms about began Maureen O'Hara Eamon de Valera Eamon de Valera Eavan Boland Eavan Boland Eavan Boland ,, I know now that I began writing in a country where the word 'woman' and the word 'poet' were almost... Eavan Boland ,, The nineteenth century, especially the second half of it, was a time of restatement in Ireland. Aft... Amybeth McNulty Frank McCourt Kevin Barry