Search Results for 'Joseph Hassett'
3 results found.
‘I met Mary Hynes at the cross of Kiltartan - and fell in love with her there and then…’
One of the attractions for WB Yeats, when he was considering buying the old Norman tower at Ballylee, was that the surrounding countryside echoed with stories of Antoine Ó Raifteiraí (1799-1835), the blind minstrel, who frequented the south Galway area.
After a wet winter, sun shines on Thoor Ballylee as Sabina Higgins opens Yeats exhibition
On Saturday the sun bathed South Galway for the unveiling of the new Yeats Exhibition in Thoor Ballylee which is now open to the public every day over the summer.
Thoor Ballylee to reopen in June
Thoor Ballylee, WB Yeats’s one time home near Gort, will officially re-open to the public on Saturday June 18. The opening will include an exhibition, the first of a number of events planned for the summer.
