Oh to be in Sligo and the magic of Yeats country

Come away, human child to the waters and the wild...

Bridget English,

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Published Saturday, March 7, 2009, 7:32 PM

Updated Saturday, February 27, 2010, 5:47 PM

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Yeats' Tower, Thoor Ballylee, in Co. Sligo

Photo by Emily Kader

I returned to New York, not only with a reading list a mile long and a whole notebook full of notes, but a new vision. My stay in Sligo gave me a chance to see what Yeats saw, and a glimpse into the mind of the poet.

Though the debate continues about the effect Ireland's economic prosperity has had on its culture, my two weeks at the Yeats Summer School convinced me that Irish literature and mythology still thrive in Yeats Country.

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LIAMPHOTO | Feb 27, 2010, 10:13 AM EST

Hi there, Thoor Ballylea, is just outside the town of Gort in county Galway, not in co Sligo as indicated on your web site.

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Nelliegrace | Feb 26, 2010, 09:51 AM EST

What I wouldn't give to be there now!

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Watereskhill | Feb 05, 2010, 08:54 PM EST

I highly recommend "Yeat's Ghost's" by Brenda Maddox. A marvellous read. Yes indeed. He inhabited a world of Romantic notions. He also believed in a Ruling Class and the rest of us remain spud-picking peasants in subserviance to The Arts. Much as I love his poetry I don't care for the man he was. A distant father. An even more distant husband. His 'ghosts' were many. Maddox hit's the nail on the head with schollarship and a plaintive harp.

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Minaret | Feb 03, 2010, 03:05 PM EST

I am a huge fan of Irish literature and mythology, so I found this article very interest. I wish someday I may attend Yeats Summer School. I have put it on my wish list.

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