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Experience our award-winning exhibition on William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), one of the great writers of the 20th century and a significant influence on modern Irish cultural identity.
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.
28 Ιαν 2021 · The 14 th-century Norman tower served as Yeats’s summer home, which he paid £35 for in 1917. Today, it has been tastefully restored inside in a way that is similar to the style of the early 20 th century.
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.
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 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 ...
Sligo’s Yeats connection is comfortable, relaxed and refreshingly accessible to visitors. The striking WB Yeats statue in the town centre isn’t easy to miss, on the corner of Markievicz Road and Stephen Street.
