• Due to its proximity to the Streamstown River, Thoor Ballylee is subject to sporadic flooding. This occurred notably in 1995 and in 2009/2010.
  • Welcome to Thoor Ballylee, the Hiberno-Norman tower described by Seamus Heaney as the most important building in Ireland.
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  • Thoor Ballylee guide 2024 with directions map to Yeats Tower near Gort with opening times, photos and the best time to visit Thoor Ballylee.
  • It is thanks to Thoor Ballylee that we owe William Butler Yeats one of his major works, entitled “The Tower”.
  • Thoor Ballylee, also known as Yeats Tower, is a 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located near the town of Gort in County Galway in Ireland.
  • It is no wonder then, that Thoor Ballylee has been described as the “most important building in Ireland” by fellow Irishman Seamus Heaney.
  • Hurling heritage On Saturday August 20th at 3pm, a free lecture at Yeats’ Tower, Thoor Ballylee, explores the hurling heritage of Galway.
  • The building had previously been known as Ballylee Castle, and it was Yeats who renamed it Túr Ballylee, later anglicised to Thoor Ballylee.
  • Thoor Ballylee is a Norman tower house in a town of Gort in County Galway in Ireland. Thoor Ballylee Castle was erected in 13th century by de Burgo.
  • Thoor Ballylee Castle is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland.
  • 10.99km from Thoor Ballylee. A majestic 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland.
  • The following facilities have been tastefully incorporated at Thoor Ballylee and its grounds by Failte Ireland West who operate the tower.