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The island of Ireland lies west of Great Britain across the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. It is divided into two… Ireland , LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT
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BORN: 1865, Dublin
DIED: 1939, Roquebrune, France
NATIONALITY: Irish
GENRE: Poetry, plays, essays
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