And we shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow… or our tale of bumping into Yeats in Sligo.
Because like father, like son, Himself let curiosity get the better of him in the WB Yeats Building in Sligo in north-west Ireland.
And touched the side of what he thought was a statue but was really a contemplative visitor.
Just like his Dad had done years before.
To an inscrutable Japanese in the Chamber of Horrors in Madame Tussaud’s in London.
In truth, Tussaud’s sets you up for a fall.
By placing statues of people in everyday pose such as reading a paper (remember those).
Around its halls and rooms.
Mythical, mystical Sligo
Or maybe the Father and the Son just have wild imaginations and are easily distracted.
Which is easy to do in magical, mythical, mystical Sligo.
Our high-end travel provider pals Adams & Butler lift us onto a higher plane, as they always, do on tour.
We’ll meet guide Aidan McCormack from Visit Sligo.
And breathe in the landscape which deeply influenced his poetry with its landscapes.
Such as The Lake Isle of Innisfree.
Do not pass by
WB Yeats is buried in the graveyard beside Drumcliffe church in Ben Bulben’s shadow.
With the epitaph from his poem Under Ben Bulben inscribed on his tombstone,
And the salutary message ‘Cast a cold Eye On Life, on Death. Horseman pass by.’
Temple of boom
A&B flag up Temple House in Sligo, the cherished Perceval family home since 1665.
They say Temple House offers an authentic Georgian manor country house experience
Where historic grandeur meets genuine warmth.
A&B accepts it might not be a 5* experience from an accommodation point of view.
But that it makes up for that in Irish hospitality.
All on a 1,000-acre private estate with a a 13th-century Knights Templar castle.
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