Yeats treasures to go on display in National Library

PRICELESS family treasures belonging to William Butler Yeats were handed over to the National Library of Ireland yesterday for its first major exhibitionon the Nobel prize-winning poet.

Wed, 11 Jan, 2006 - 00:00
Senan Hogan

The hoard includes poems, portraits and a precious Japanese sword given to Yeats during a lecture tour of the US in 1920.

The material will be given to the library on loan by Yeats’s son Michael for the forthcoming exhibition, Yeats: the life and works of William Butler Yeats, due to open later this year.

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