Yeats Society Sligo — Attraction in County Sligo

I visited Yeats Memorial Building a few years ago. It was such a beautiful experience, I did not want to leave. There was a beautiful video to watch and it was so inspiring that ideas for poetry were flying about in my head as I was leaving. The images in the video made it feel like I was seeing things through the eyes of the great man himself. When I went home I wrote this poem and many more and since then I try looking at my surroundings in a different more involved way.

Nature is so beautiful and is so much overlooked in the worries of society.

FLIGHT OF FANCY

Lets go on a flight of fancy, To Oyster Island Shore, Where a poet and a painter Lived in days of yore; Those two little boys In a haven of delights, Haunted by Armada ships And Wild Athlantic sights; With dreams of being sailors And views of Sligo Bay, They picked mussels close to where The 'Wild Geese' sailed away. Their thoughts on finding just one piece Of long lost Spanish gold; They both found a richer treasure As their future stories told. For one became an artist The world over, he was known And into a gentle poet, The other little boy has grown.

I couldn't help but picture him as a child playing with his brother and how his imagination would have run riot and visiting the memorial building gives you the feeling of connecting with the mind of W.B Yeats.

Keep up the good work and thank you for this lovely poetic space.

Yours...

This iconic building is a treasure house for those who wish to find out more about Yeats_one of the greatest Irish poets of the last century.

It contains an exhibition of photographs cuttings relating to the life of William Butler and his connection with Sligo.William Butlers father came from Sligo and although the family subsequently moved to England he always maintained a connection with Sligo.

Alot of his poems are based on themes and places in Sligo .,Some of them.are depicted in the exhibition.

On entrance a guide gives a quick introduction to the exhibition which was very helpful.In addition for a fiver you get to see the exhibition and have a cup of coffee on the banks of the Garavogue.

Well worth a visit. Go on...

I was in Sligo in 2014 to compete in the All Ireland Fleadh Chioil (sp). I was there for 10 days and I would bicycle into the centre of town every morning. I would get breakfast and a coffee every morning and sit on the River Garavaugh and enjoy the beauty. Several times I visited the years center and had lunch and a coffee. I loved the exhibits, I loved the town, and I want desperately to come back some day. Your center is a hidden gem in Sligo. The Fleadh was fun as well. In case you want to know, I play the pennyehistles and competed in O18 Slow Sure. I held my own against the best in the world. Thank You, Sligo and thanks to the...