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Sport and death are the two great socializing factors in Ireland.

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Elizabeth Bowen
Age: 73 †
Born: 1899
Born: June 7
Died: 1973
Died: February 22
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Dublin city
Elisabeth Bowen
Great
Socializing
Ireland
Factors
Sport
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Death
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