The Lower Floors of Yeats Thoor Ballylee
The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society, a local non-profit group, has taken over the former home of Poet and Nobel Laureate W. B. Yeats near Gort in County Galway and is raising funds to restore...
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Into the ‘Stranger’s Room’ at Yeats Thoor Ballylee
The uppermost floor at Thoor Ballylee, the 15th Century Norman castle once home to Poet William Butler Yeats near Gort in County Galway, remains essentially unchanged from its 600-year-old decor save the remnants and...
View from Thoor Ballylee Rooftop Battlements
High above the County Galway countryside, these sculpted limestone battlements, bleached by nature over more than 600 years, granted the Norman builders of Thoor Ballylee (Yeats Tower) a crisp view of the surrounding terrain...
Poppy Day and a Tribute to Veterans
Today is Veteran’s Day in the U.S. and Armistice Day in the British Commonwealth countries plus France, Belgium and many others. I always remember wearing red poppies as a tribute to veterans, but I...
Why is Ireland Always Green? It’s not just rain!
While assorted vegetation undergoes its Autumn metamorphosis, there’s one constant on the island of Ireland — the pastures and hillsides are always green, hence the nickname “Emerald Isle.” Like the weather in Washington State...
