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12 Ιαν 2022 · Let us take a look at the top five best places to discover W.B. Yeats in Ireland. 5. Yeats’ Grave, Co. Sligo – laid to rest in Sligo. Yeats is buried in Drumliffe Parish Church Cemetery in County Sligo, and the site has become a shrine and tourist attraction since his burial there in 1948. He was first buried in France right after his death.
Thoor Ballylee Castle (Irish Túr Bhaile Uí Laí) is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as Yeats's Tower because it was once owned and inhabited by the poet William Butler Yeats.
The Yeats Thoor Ballylee exhibition, with its lively panels and audio visual display, explores Yeats’s relationship with the people and places that most inspired his work. The exhibition, curated by Dr Adrian Paterson of NUI Galway, looks at the culture of the west, its crafts, stories, and songs; the central importance of the women in Yeats ...
The exhibition draws on items from the National Library of Ireland’s Yeats Collection, the largest collections of books, manuscripts and personal items relating to WB Yeats in the world. Explore Yeats’ many interests – Ireland, literature, folklore, theatre, politics, mysticism and the occult.
28 Ιαν 2021 · William Butler Yeats, Ireland’s first Nobel Laureate, was born in the Sandymount section of Dublin, an affluent coastal suburb. Yeats was born in what was known as the Protestant ascendancy, the dominant economic, social, and political class in Ireland at the time.
Located in Dublin, the library is home to the Yeats Collection, which comprises more than 2,000 items. In the main library building you can experience the award-winning multimedia-rich exhibition of all aspects of his life, family and work.
The poet, William Butler Yeats, drew his artistic inspiration from his homeland Ireland, especially from Sligo and other parts of the west of Ireland. Often considered to be one of the 20th century’s greatest poets.
