Seamus Heaney poem Postscripts filmed at the Flaggy Shore County Clare

This piece was written by Irish poet laureate Seamus Heaney about visiting the Flaggy Shore in New Quay County Clare, where WB Yeats, Lady Gregory and so many other persons of literary significance gathered at Mount Vernon.

The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society aims to energize local and international supporters who care about literature and heritage, to foster a collaborative approach among the culture, tourism, business and academic communities,
His name stands as a symbol of the arts, a bit like the ever-changing but always recognisable chestnut tree at the end of his great poem ‘Among School Children‘. Like this tree, the work of Yeats is deeply rooted, strong, creative, and full of beauty, We endeavor to also bring light to the importance of literature and its strong history in the region.


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