Later, Yeats continued to come to Sligo for long summer holidays. His uncle, George Pollexfen and cousins and their home in Sligo provided both a settled background and a landscape of mystery and beauty that stirred his imagination.
Rosses Point, County Sligo
Photo courtesy of Rob Tucker.
Photo courtesy of Rob Tucker.
In 'The Stolen Child', he remembers the magic of Rosses Point:
"Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim grey sands with light,
Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night,"