![]() 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. 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. Yeats died in January, 1939 in southern France and is buried in Sligo (2022). 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. Although Yeats died in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France in January 1939, his remains were brought home to Ireland by the Irish Naval Service and re-interred at Drumcliff in 1948 in the presence of a large number of local people and dignitaries which included the Minister for External Affairs, Éamon de Valera and Seán MacBride, who represented the G. A pillar of both the Irish and English literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. ![]() Yeats ( Dublin, 13 de junho de 1865 Menton, França, 28 de janeiro de 1939 ), foi um poeta, dramaturgo e místico irlandês. 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. William Butler Yeats (pronounced /jets/ 13 June 1865 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. William Butler Yeats, muitas vezes apenas designado por W.B. ![]()
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