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Thoor Ballylee Yeats Tower
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Lauren
February 13, 2016
The Tower is stunning and set deep in the parklands.
Debbie
February 8, 2018
If you are a Yeats fan, this is well worth a visit, very interesting, a hidden gem.
Colm
February 9, 2014
Home of Nobel prize winning poet WB Yeats
Kevin
May 10, 2019
This Hiberno-Norman tower is described by Seamus Heaney as the most important building in Ireland. Thoor Ballylee is a fine and well-preserved fourteenth-century tower but its major significance is due to its close association with his fellow Nobel laureate for Literature, the poet WB Yeats. It was here the poet spent summers with his family and was inspired to write some of his finest poetry, making the tower his permanent symbol.
This Hiberno-Norman tower is described by Seamus Heaney as the most important building in Ireland. Thoor Ballylee is a fine and well-preserved fourteenth-century tower but its major significance is due to its close association with his fellow Nobel laureate for Literature, the poet WB Yeats. It was…
John
June 26, 2019
Come and visit the Hiberno-Norman tower, with its fourteenth century stones and intimate living spaces so closely associated with the poet WB Yeats. Walk the narrow bridge and crossing stones, admire the gardens and river, view Yeats’s pear trees, one ‘broken by a storm’ as in his poem ‘Meditations in Time of Civil War’, and now, once again, enter into the sacred ground of tower and cottage. There you can climb the famous winding stair, stride the battlements and view the countryside, experience our immersive exhibitions exploring the poet’s art, his connection with the west, and his life and loves, attend our cultural events programme, shop for books and momentos, and take a cup of tea by our roaring fire. For more on the tower’s history, click here. Every year the tower is open between Spring and Autumn; occasionally, too, earlier and later, or at other times for special events. Due to weather conditions the interior of Thoor Ballylee is closed for the winter months, although the tower, bridge, river, grounds, and garden are still a moving place of pilgrimage to visit. You can walk up the stream to the old mill, picture Yeats’s wife George fishing from the tower windows, and of course use our year-round car park & facilities. In Summer 2015 thanks to our volunteers and supporters Thoor Ballylee was opened for the first time in many years between June and September. For Yeats’s 151st birthday in June 2016 our new Yeats Thoor Ballylee Exhibition was opened by the actress Sabina Coyle Higgins. In 2017 Thoor Ballylee reopened with its wonderful exhibitions and full programme of cultural events throughout the summer, and 2018 was packed full of even more. The 2019 season kicks off on Saturday 20th April, and features the opening of our new studio space 3pm Sunday 28th April. Come along anytime all summer to find out what Yeats’s tower has to offer!
Come and visit the Hiberno-Norman tower, with its fourteenth century stones and intimate living spaces so closely associated with the poet WB Yeats. Walk the narrow bridge and crossing stones, admire the gardens and river, view Yeats’s pear trees, one ‘broken by a storm’ as in his poem ‘Meditations…
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