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M3413 : Doorus Youth Hostel in 1979

near to Parkmore and Knockakilleen, Galway, Ireland

Doorus Youth Hostel in 1979

Doorus Cottage was built around 1860 for a family of exiled French aristocrats, the de Basterots. It became a centre of the Irish literary revival where W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, Douglas Hyde and George Russell (Æ) got together to plan a National Theatre for Ireland (which was to materialise as Dublin's Abbey Theatre). In 1961 the property was made over to An Óige as a youth hostel.

The cottage and its adjacent walled garden are seen here on a bleak March evening, before its restoration and extension as shown in M3413 : Doorus Youth Hostel, Doorus Townland.

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1979

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Grid Square: M3413, 3 images (more nearby)
Photographer: James Yardley (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Second Visitor for M3413)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: March 1979 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 9 April, 2012
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Housing, Dwellings
Subject Location: Irish: M 344 134 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:10.0391N 8:58.8968W
Photographer Location: Irish: M 344 134
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)