Rare edition of Yeats poem to go on sale

A rare first edition of the renowned WB Yeats poem 'Easter 1916' could fetch up to €4000 when it goes under the hammer this week.

A rare first edition of the renowned WB Yeats poem 'Easter 1916' could fetch up to €4000 when it goes under the hammer this week.

It is one of just 25 copies privately published by an English journalist the year after the rising and distributed among only a select number of people for fear of its political impact.

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