Irish Countryside

Wooded Path at Coole Park

Wooded Path at Coole Park, County Galway

A solitary path winds its way through the mossy woods of Coole Park in County Galway, Ireland. Many literary greats including W. B. Yeats wandered these trails and found soulful inspiration in these natural...

Magical World of W.B. Yeats

Magical and Mystical World of William Butler Yeats

Contortionist trees, luminescent moss and the mirror-like gently flowing waters of County Galway’s Streamstown River once provided other-worldly inspiration to one of Ireland’s national treasures — the Poet William Butler Yeats. “The mystical life...

Under the Autograph Tree in County Galway's Coole Park

Under the Autograph Tree in County Galway’s Coole Park

The afternoon Spring sun sparkles through the bronze leaves of Coole Park’s famous Copper Beech “Autograph Tree,”  which bears the carved initials of some of the biggest names in Irish literary history, including W.B....

Reflections at Yeats Thoor Ballylee

Reflections at Yeats Thoor Ballylee

County Galway’s Streamstown River reflects the blue sky, accented by radiant green moss-shrouded trees in the woodlands surrounding Thoor Ballylee, once home of famed Irish Poet and Nobel Laureate William Butler Yeats. A short...