Some Pics from my "Holliers" in Sligo - Sept 2015

Whisker Administrator whisker Posts: 17,102	Some Pics from my "Holliers" in Sligo - Sept 2015 Oct 11, 2015 10:29:58 GMT -1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Whisker on Oct 11, 2015 10:29:58 GMT -1 Saint Colmcilles' Church, in Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo, where poet W.B. Yeats is buried. The grave is just to the left in front of the door.
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Some Pics from my "Holliers" in Sligo - Sept 2015 Oct 11, 2015 10:44:11 GMT -1

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Yeats grave is right at the door of the church. Compared to the other tombstones, some of which are very old, Yeats tomb is very stark and plain. Yeats died in France, where he had gone to live, and his remains were transferred, at a later stage, to here, where he was born. The inscription (epitaph) is a famous couple of lines from one of his poems

"Cast a cold eye on Life , on Death.
Horseman, pass by." W.B. Yeats

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Some Pics from my "Holliers" in Sligo - Sept 2015 Oct 11, 2015 10:52:48 GMT -1

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Yeat's Tomb attracts a lot of tourists of all nationalities - so there is the inevitable tea shop close by. A really lovely little place with lots of art and hand-crafts to attract the tourist. We did not linger there too long, as we were headed further.

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