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Sheer poetry way out west; A RHYME OLD TIME: Explore the delights of Yeats country.(Features)

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From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date: 19960601
Author:McGHEE, JIM

The poet William Butler Yeats spent such an idyllic childhood in County Sligo that he devoted much of his adult life to praising its beauty.

And when you drive around Yeats country, it's easy to see why.

Dominated by two majestic mountains, Benbulben and Knocknarea, it's an area of gentle, lush scenery.

Yet it's only with the relatively recent peace in Ulster that Sligo - a 21/2-hour drive from the ferry port of Larne - has begun to entice tourists in greater numbers - ...

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