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What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.
What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.
Approximate author period: c. 1966 AD · modern
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- Seamus Heaney
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- Approximate author period: c. 1966 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Seamus Heaney: documented activity in 1966. Wikidata Q93356, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93356 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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