
Drumcliffe Churchyard and W.B. Yeats
WB Yeats is synonymous with Sligo. Everything from housing estates to football teams are named after the poet but the focus of all things...

Glencar Waterfall and W.B. Yeats
Glencar Waterfall is about a fifteen minute drive from Sligo town and has always been a favourite destination of mine. When the children...

W.B. Yeats poem - The Hosting of the Sidhe
The landscape around Sligo is dominated by the outlines of Ben Bulben to the north and Knocknarea on the Strandhill peninsula to the...

W.B. Yeats quotes - "great honey-coloured ramparts"
In the poem "For Anne Gregory" when I first read about "those great honey-coloured ramparts at your ear" I immediately thought of...

W.B. Yeats quote "candle-like foam"
Yeats' poetry includes such beautiful imagery it is clear he was a great observer of the natural world. From his poem "He gives his...