Irish Quotes and aphorisms about national Eamon de Valera Eamon de Valera 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 ,, I had started writing as a poet in a closed, post-Revival, claustrophobic world, where the shadows ... Garry Hynes ,, The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while ... Samantha Power Samantha Power Samantha Power William Butler Yeats