Irish Quotes and aphorisms about nation Eamon de Valera Eavan Boland ,, I had studied Irish history. I had read speeches from the dock. I had tried to fuse the vivid past ... Eavan Boland Os Guinness ,, Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the streng... Edmund Burke James Joyce Douglas Hyde James Larkin Ciaran Hinds Bobby Sands