Drumcliffe Church and Grave of W.B Yeats
Family practicalities
- Pram-friendly (likely)
- Step-free access (likely)
- Café on site
- Toilets (likely)
Families can visit the grave of W.B. Yeats and see the high cross at Drumcliffe Church. There is also a coffee shop and craft shop on site.
Drumcliffe, County Sligo is set against the striking backdrop of the Benbulben Mountains. It is best known as the final resting place of W.B. Yeats.
Found in the churchyard, his grave is marked with a simple headstone with the inscription, "cast a cold eye on life, on death, horseman, pass by." This was Yeats' self penned epitaph together with the instructions that the grave consist of "no marble, no conventional phrase". The graveyard also contains a high cross and nearby is the site of a 6th Century Columbian monastery.
Coffee shop and craftshop on site offering homebaking and quality crafts.
The details
- Address
- Drumcliffe Parish Church, Drumcliffe, Sligo
- Cost
- Check the official website
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
- Booking
- Check the official website
- Listed by
- Fáilte Ireland Attractions