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Quotes from Irish women writers speak out — Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

born 1954

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I always felt on a ridge, like “Kingston Ridge," in-between different societies, looking down at them. That's a painful place to be in a sense, but it also gives you a dual perspective.

Irish women writers speak out (2003)

Irishness is so dualistic: the duality of the North and South, Irish and English, Catholic and Protestant. And that is characteristic of other postcolonial societies.

Irish women writers speak out (2003)

everything in Ireland has opened up: people take risks; it's expansive, positive society, and that affects publishing as well.

Irish women writers speak out (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.