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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.

— Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Irish women writers speak out (2003)

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A little stone in a pond, rippling out, or a world in a grain of sand: that's the good short story.

with Irish Times (2017)

In my life there has been a constant conflict between the demands of everyday life and the demands of art.

The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies (2006)

Every journey is a voyage of self-discovery as well as discovery of other people and other places, and so provides perfect material for the writer or storyteller.

with Irish Times (2017)

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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