Drumcliff churchyard

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Drumcliff churchyard is a historic cemetery in Drumcliff, County Sligo, Ireland, best known as the burial place of poet W. B. Yeats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
tourist attraction
adjacentTo St Columba’s Church, Drumcliff
associatedWith Church of Ireland parish of Drumcliff
St Columba
linked to: Saint Columba
burialPlaceOf George Hyde-Lees
George Yeats
W. B. Yeats
linked to: W.B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats
linked to: W.B. Yeats
cemeteryType parish churchyard
country Ireland
denominationOfAdjacentChurch Church of Ireland
governedBy County Sligo local authority
hasAccess public
hasCoordinates 54.330°N 8.493°W
hasFeature Celtic high cross
linked to: Celtic cross

W. B. Yeats’s grave
round tower remains
hasGrave George Yeats’s grave
W. B. Yeats’s grave
hasGraveType Christian graves
hasInscription Cast a cold Eye / On Life, on Death. / Horseman, pass by!
hasNearbySettlement Drumcliff village
linked to: Drumcliffe
hasNearbyWaterBody Drumcliff River
heritageStatus local heritage site
inscriptionAssociatedWith W. B. Yeats’s epitaph
landscapeContext rural setting
locatedIn Connacht
County Sligo
Drumcliff
northwest Ireland
near Benbulben
N15 road
Sligo Bay
notableFor association with Irish literature
being burial place of W. B. Yeats
early Christian monastic site remains
partOf parish of Drumcliff
region Yeats Country
religiousAffiliation Christianity
tourismType heritage site
literary tourism site
viewOf Benbulben mountain
visitedBy Yeats scholars
general tourists
literary tourists

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Drumcliff, County Sligo hasCemetery Drumcliff churchyard
St Columba’s Church of Ireland church hasGraveyard Drumcliff graveyard
linked to: Drumcliff churchyard
Yeats Country contains Drumcliff Churchyard
linked to: Drumcliff churchyard
Ben Bulben visibleFrom Drumcliff churchyard