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Eavan Boland was born on 24th September in Dublin. Boland's mother, Frances, was a painter and her father, Frederick, was a diplomat.

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Boland spent the first few years of her life in Dublin. Because of her father's career, the family moved to London for a period and then to New York. Her experiences in London made Boland acutely aware of her Irish identity and anti-Irish discrimination in Britain. These would go on to be influential topics in Boland's work.

The Boland family returned to Ireland when Eavan Boland was fourteen. She attended secondary school in Killiney, Dublin, from this age onwards.

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Boland later noted that her time away from Ireland made her feel like somewhat of an outsider as a teenager. In her first year of university, Boland used money from her job as a hotel housekeeper to self-publish her first collection of poetry, 23 Poems While studying English, Boland noted the severe lack of female authors and poets on the curriculum, particularly from an Irish background.

She resolved to change this. After graduating, Boland held multiple teaching positions. She also worked as a reviewer for The Irish Times. Boland's first complete collection of poetry, New Territory , was published in This received mixed critical reviews. Two years later, in , Boland married Kevin Casey.