county galway

Wooded Path at Coole Park

Wooded Path at Coole Park, County Galway

A solitary path winds its way through the mossy woods of Coole Park in County Galway, Ireland. Many literary greats including W. B. Yeats wandered these trails and found soulful inspiration in these natural...

Magical World of W.B. Yeats

Magical and Mystical World of William Butler Yeats

Contortionist trees, luminescent moss and the mirror-like gently flowing waters of County Galway’s Streamstown River once provided other-worldly inspiration to one of Ireland’s national treasures — the Poet William Butler Yeats. “The mystical life...

Reflections at Yeats Thoor Ballylee

Reflections at Yeats Thoor Ballylee

County Galway’s Streamstown River reflects the blue sky, accented by radiant green moss-shrouded trees in the woodlands surrounding Thoor Ballylee, once home of famed Irish Poet and Nobel Laureate William Butler Yeats. A short...

Sunny Afternoon at Lough Coole

Sunny Spring Afternoon at Lough Coole

A sitting area along Lough Coole in the former Lady Gregory Estate in County Galway invites visitors to relax and take in the scenery that inspired much of the work of Nobel prize-winning poet...