Gonne
Americannoun
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"The Dutch are rich and they work less – but the question is, how sustainable is this?" says Nicolas Gonne, economist at the OECD.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
As every English major knows, Yeats was infatuated with Gonne — his muse, his tormentor, the dark-haired beauty who rejected his many proposals of marriage.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2015
He spent decades in love with the Irish nationalist and proto-feminist Maud Gonne; after she rejected his marriage proposal for a final time, he shifted his attention to her daughter.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2015
Bibhu Mohapatra looked to the dynamics between poet William Butler Yeats and Maud Gonne.
From Forbes ● Feb. 10, 2015
Men remember Cuchulain's description of Aoife as men remember Maud Gonne.
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt
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