My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland.
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"My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland." — Seamus Heaney #familyparenting
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My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland. — Seamus Heaney
About Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney was a Poet from Ireland (1939–2013).
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This quote is attributed to Seamus Heaney, a Poet from Ireland.
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Seamus Heaney lived from 1939 – 2013.
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