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- Thoor Ballylee is the name of W B Yeats' tower, between galway and Gort, it's just been re-opened and (I think) restored.. very tastefully if this is true.
- Thoor Ballylee guide 2024 with directions map to Yeats Tower near Gort with opening times, photos and the best time to visit Thoor Ballylee.
- Due to its proximity to the Streamstown River, Thoor Ballylee is subject to sporadic flooding. This occurred notably in 1995 and in 2009/2010.
- Thoor Ballylee was a fortified residence built by the Anglo-Norman de Burgo family during the 14th century. Yeats is a name that will crop up on any tour of Ireland.
- Hurling heritage On Saturday August 20th at 3pm, a free lecture at Yeats’ Tower, Thoor Ballylee, explores the hurling heritage of Galway.
- The following facilities have been tastefully incorporated at Thoor Ballylee and its grounds by Failte Ireland West who operate the tower.
- Background Ireland’s Nobel Laureate for poetry, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) spent many of his summers with his family in Thoor Ballylee...
- An admirer of the West’s beautiful landscapes and history, Yeats has ties to a number of landmarks in and around Galway - most notably, Thoor Ballylee.
- It is no wonder then, that Thoor Ballylee has been described as the “most important building in Ireland” by fellow Irishman Seamus Heaney.
- 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.
- 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, also known as Yeats Tower, is a 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located near the town of Gort in County Galway in Ireland.
- Explore Thoor Ballylee in Ballaba, Ireland as it appears on Google Maps as well as pictures, stories and other notable...
