W.B. Yeats' Grave. Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo
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dino-irl
N 54° 19.576 W 008° 29.620
29U E 532929 N 6019941
The final resting place of one of Ireland's most famous poets.
Waymark Code: WM21XQ
Location: Connacht, Ireland
Date Posted: 08/21/2007
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W.B. Yeats was born in Sandymount, Co. Dublin in 1865 and educated in London but he spent his childhood holidays in Sligo and developed a deep affinity for the area.
Yeats died in Menton, France in 1939 and was buried in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin after a private funeral but according to his wishes his body was moved in 1948 to Drumcliffe.
In his poem "Under Ben Bulben" Yeats outlined how and where he was to be buried and even included the epitaph he wanted inscribed on his gravestone:
Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!
More information can be found on Wikipedia.
I also have a Geocache in the area which you may like to visit: GCPBKF
Extra Logging Request:
As this is an exceptionally popular area and there are numerous photos of the grave online I'm asking that visitors please include a photo of themselves and a GPSr beside the grave and a photo of the coords on the GPSr.