Description
St. Colmcille founded a monastery in Drumcliff in about 575. All that remains of the monastery now is an Irish High Cross dating to c. 1100, and a ruined 10th or 11th century round tower, the only one known in County Sligo, The round tower was struck by lightning in 1396. Drumcliff is the final resting place of the poet WB Yeats (1865–1939), who is buried in the graveyard of St.Columba's Church of Ireland. Although Yeats died in France in January 1939, his remains were brought home to Ireland by the Irish Naval Services and re-interred at Drumcliff in 1948.
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Yeats Burial place
The village of Drumcliff is famous for being the final resting place of W.B.Yeats, whose grave is in the churchyard under a simple headstone. ,
His grave is marked with a simple headstone with the inscription, "cast a cold eye on life, on death, horseman, pass by."
His grave is marked with a simple headstone with the inscription, "cast a cold eye on life, on death, horseman, pass by."
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