For a guided tour with Yeats experts, book a day trip with the Yeats Experience. Stop by the Dooney Rock, which stars in Yeats’ poem ‘The Fiddler of Dooney’ or be enchanted, just like Yeats was as a boy, by Rosses Point. WB Yeats is arguably Ireland’s finest and most loved romantic poet, and his legions of fans flock to Sligo every year in their droves to pay homage to him at his grave, found at the churchyard at Drumcliffe. William Butler Yeats a (13 June 1865 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and politician. An unassuming grave holds his remains in. His father was a lawyer and a well-known portrait painter. Editors Note: Yeats was a pillar of the Irish and British literary establishment and in. Yeats was laid to rest in 1948 under the shadow of Ben Bulben Mountain in Drumcliffe, Cemetery County Sligo, Ireland. W illiam Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was born in Dublin.
Guests of the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Sligo are in the perfect spot to reach must-see places like the Yeats Memorial Building in the town centre (which celebrates his life and work), the fantastic Sligo County Museum and the official Yeats Society’s visitor centre which hosts talks and events for fans. William Butler Yeats, one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, died on this day in 1939. Yeats spent time in Sligo as a child and its landscape, folklore and rich history stayed in his imagination and continued to inspire his work long after he left. Sligo, with its stunning lanes, ancient ruins and enchanting light, bewitched poet W.B (William Butler) Yeats and the town became something of a muse for him.
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