WB Yeats is synonymous with Sligo. Everything from housing estates to football teams are named after the poet but the focus of all things Yeats remains his grave at St Columba's Church, Drumcliffe. The grave is simple with the celebrated quote engraved on plain limestone; Cast a cold eye On life, on Death Horseman pass by! Living in Drumcliff breeds a familiarity with the churchyard that leads to objectivity being lost when considering the Yeats experience at St Columba's. So