G6742 : St Columba’s church, Drumcliff and the past
near to Droim Chliabh, Milltown and Rathcormack, Sligo, Ireland
St Columba’s church, Drumcliff and the past
In St Columba’s churchyard lies buried the famous Irish poet WB Yeats 1865-1939.
“Under bare Ben Bulben’s head in Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid on limestone quarried near the spot, by his command these words are cut:
‘CAST A COLD EYE ON LIFE, ON DEATH, HORSEMAN, PASS BY!’”
On the left, rising above the skyline formed by Sliabh Mor (King’s Mountain), is a Celtic high cross dating from about 1100. This cross and the G6742 : Round Tower at Drumcliff are all that remain of a monastery, founded by St Columba 521-597, which stood here
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“Under bare Ben Bulben’s head in Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid on limestone quarried near the spot, by his command these words are cut:
‘CAST A COLD EYE ON LIFE, ON DEATH, HORSEMAN, PASS BY!’”
On the left, rising above the skyline formed by Sliabh Mor (King’s Mountain), is a Celtic high cross dating from about 1100. This cross and the G6742 : Round Tower at Drumcliff are all that remain of a monastery, founded by St Columba 521-597, which stood here
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2001
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- G6742, 44 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- D Gore (find more nearby)
- Image classification?
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- 2001 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 15 February, 2010
- Category
- Churchyard (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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Irish:
G 678 421 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:19.5980N 8:29.7389W - Photographer Location
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Irish: G 677 420
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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