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01/06/1965 Documentary 0h 17m
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Overview

Yeats Country is a lyrical film commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to commemorate the centenary of the birth of William Butler Yeats. The first Irish film by cinematographer and director Patrick Carey celebrates the landscape of Yeats’ poetry through stunning photography, narrated by Tom St. John Barry. Evocative images of the west of Ireland illustrate the poet’s life including Thoor Ballylee Castle where he lived, Coole Park, home of Lady Gregory where literary figures of the period socialised, Lissadell House, Knocknarea Mountain, the slopes of Ben Bulben, the waterfall at Glencar and finally Yeats’ grave at Drumcliffe. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short in 1966.

  1. Patrick Carey

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Tom St. John Barry

    Narrator (voice)

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-02-01
Us Celts do love to run a bit to language, especially if we can set it to our picturesque scenery. We had Robert Burns in Scotland and the Irish had, somewhat later, WB Yeats to turns his thoughts to the beauty and poeticism of many things from the Emerald Isle. This short feature serves to showcase some of the verdant countryside with it’s pristine streams and waterfalls and it’s lonely looking mountains that have been sourcing myths and legend since times immemorial. With some wildlife making an appearance, too, the narrator delivers us a potted history of the man himself, and of his man...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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