The Model, Home of the Niland Collection, Sligo. The Model is one of the country’s best collections of Irish modern art with a special focus on the work of Jack B Yeats. Yeats was the brother of the poet & the Irish establishment artist for much of the 20th C

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"ALL the words that I utter,
And all the words that I write,
Must spread out their wings untiring,
And never rest in their flight,"

“Where My Books Go" (1865-1939)

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🖼️via ElectricLit

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"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting
for our senses to grow sharper."

- W. B. Yeats

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fine examples of Irish art from the private collection of Michael Smurfit to be sold Sept 9.
Gerard Dillon. William Scott, John Yeats and August John. Now viewing . Dublin.

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"And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone."
W. B. Yeats
by Betty Jiang

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Another fav. badass moment from the book - A note from Batman to the GCPD Chief Yeats. Ultimate Coolth!

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'Birds in Autumn' ~ Anne Yeats.

Anne was a daughter of the poet W.B. Yeats and a niece of the painter Jack B. Yeats and botanic artist Elizabeth Yeats. This is a two colour planogaphic print (lithograph) on paper, depicting three white birds in flight.

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“Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!” —William Butler Yeats 🧚🏻‍♀️

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"Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!" (W.B. Yeats)

On a more sombre note, there's the sluagh, the host of restless dead turned fae. They certainly dance, too, though

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This is the perfect day to share Yeats' magnificent poem The Hosting of the Sidhe. I love this illustration by Shona Shirley Macdonald. And The Waterboys do a great version set to music: https://t.co/pE0rnSnOxf

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Thanks for the artshare! I"m Corn, 17 yeats old, and I draw with my phone/fingers. Hope you like my art!!

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1830: Birth in of John O’Leary, lead Fenian. (law & medicine) but didn't take degree. In IRB; sentence 20 yrs penal servitude. In exile lived mainly in Paris & visited US. "Beautiful lofty things: O'Leary's noble head;" WB Yeats. https://t.co/wa1LtQkuz2

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Austrian physiologist Eugen Steinach (1861-1944), in an effort to “rejuvenate” men, developed the Steinach operation, which was just a unilateral vasectomy. He claimed this would increase testosterone production. Famous patients included poet Sigmund Freud and poet W.B. Yeats!

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1978: Death Mary Swanzy HRHA. Artist; cubism, fauvism, orphism, & 1 Ireland's 1st abstract! Tutored by John Butler Yeats! Fluent French & German. Lived in Paris then Dublin. Travelled to Honolulu & Samoa then London! https://t.co/3DqCIR1nSG https://t.co/JE8a92Kzy2

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Did some DTIYS challenge for samhallidayeatsfood on Insta-
Enjoy.

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“Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!” —William Butler Yeats

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´Oui, dès l’instant que je vous vis,
Beauté féroce, vous me plûtes ;
De l’amour qu’en vos yeux je pris,
Sur-le-champ vous vous aperçûtes ;´

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I will find out where she has gone,
& kiss her lips & take her hands;
& walk among long dappled grass,
& pluck till time & times are done,

'The Song of Wandering Aengus': born 1865

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🖼️'Boreas',1903:#JWWaterhouse: WikiArt

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