Drumcliffe, County Sligo

Colmcille, also called Columba, founded a monastery at Drumcliffe in 574AD at the foot of Ben Bulben Mountain. As typical with most monasteries, a tall roundtower was constructed, though not until around the 10th century...{more}

Drumcliffe Churchyard, Drumcliffe, County Sligo

WB Yeats was born in Sandymount in south County Dublin in June 1865 and is descended from a long line of famous Yeats'. Jack Yeats was William's brother and a popular Impressionist artist in the 1920s. As well, his sisters, Elizabeth and Susan, became involved in the Arts and Crafts movement. His father was John Butler Yeats who was an artist made famous by his portraits of his son William, and of John O'Leary, an Irish poet and Fenian...{more}