Though Yeats was born in Sandymount in Dublin and spent little of his adult life in the environs of Sligo, the poet himself maintained that Sligo was the domain of his childhood and the landscape of his poetic imagination for much of his life. Kevin Connolly describes journeys through the Sligo landmarks that inspired Yeats.
Yeats family tree -- W.B. Yeats and Sligo -- Introduction -- Sligo City -- Rosses Point -- The Ben Bulben Route -- Lough Gill Route -- Knocknarea -- The Hawk's Well.