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    Benbulbin (redirect from Ben Bulben)
    Benbulbin (Irish: Binn Ghulbain), sometimes Benbulben or Ben Bulben, is a large flat-topped nunatak rock formation in County Sligo, Ireland. It is part...
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  • "Under Ben Bulben" is a poem written by Irish poet W. B. Yeats. It is believed to be one of the last poems he wrote, being drafted when he was 73, in August...
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  • title of the novel derives from the last three lines of the poem "Under Ben Bulben" by William Butler Yeats, which are carved on Yeats’ tombstone: Cast a...
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    Cycles. The story of Diarmad and Grainne has its final act played out on Ben Bulben. The Second Battle of Moytirra is associated with Moytirra in South County...
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    bounded by two large beaches on either side, and sports panoramic views of Ben Bulben and the Dartry Mountains, making it one of Sligo's most popular seaside...
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    External Affairs. His epitaph is taken from the last lines of "Under Ben Bulben", one of his final poems: Cast a cold Eye On Life, on Death. Horseman...
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    Bibcode:1997M&PS...32..231R. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01262.x. Ben Bulben. Mhti.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-05. Duchač, K. C; Hanor, J. S. (September...
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    a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! — W. B. Yeats, Under Ben Bulben Heroes and Kings your distance keep; In peace let one poor poet sleep...
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    Stolen Child" "Swift's Epitaph" "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" "The Tower" "Under Ben Bulben "The Wanderings of Oisin" "The Wild Swans at Coole"...
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  • with its church and gravesite of William Butler Yeats, overlooked by Ben Bulben mountain Sligo town with Sligo Abbey[citation needed] Tipperary Holy Cross...
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  • Murtagh (1986), Proud heritage: The story of Imokilly Co-op, Dublin: Ben Bulben Press O’Dwyer (1968a), Determination of the optimum number, location and...
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    Sligo town on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff Bay. It is on the Drumcliff River, originally called the...
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    W. B. Yeats refers to the lake as the Mareotic Lake in his poem Under Ben Bulben. Lawrence Durrell writes about the lake using its ancient name Lake Mareotis...
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  • France, in 1939, is reburied at Drumcliffe, County Sligo, "Under bare Ben Bulben's head", having been moved from the original burial place, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin...
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    as the Derryveagh Mountains, Slieve League, the Cuilcagh Mountains and Ben Bulben. The region is generally underlain by Ordovician and Silurian Shales and...
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    foresee a future Utopia for all mankind. William Butler Yeats' poem Under Ben Bulben mentions "the Witch of Atlas" and the "Mareotid Lakes" together, presumably...
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  • Milton, Paradise Lost Horseman, Pass By Larry McMurtry W. B. Yeats, "Under Ben Bulben" The House of Mirth Edith Wharton Bible: Ecclesiastes 7:4 How Doth the...
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    Ghort an Rabhaidh) is a forest park and recreation area at the foot of Ben Bulben near Drumcliffe in County Sligo, Ireland. The park is currently managed...
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    wishes, Yeats was re-buried in 1948 at Drumcliff, a village overlooked by Ben Bulben. The title of the album Like a Flame by Frederik Magle is derived from...
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    it is a short, mountain river, draining the Dartry Mountains and the Ben Bulben, water levels are known to change very quickly, after heavy rain. The...
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  • Stolen Child" "Swift's Epitaph" "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" "The Tower" "Under Ben Bulben "The Wanderings of Oisin" "The Wild Swans at Coole"...
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    Stolen Child" "Swift's Epitaph" "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" "The Tower" "Under Ben Bulben "The Wanderings of Oisin" "The Wild Swans at Coole"...
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  • 921 AD, was regarded as the patron of the area. He believed the top of Ben Bulben was the closest to heaven in Ireland. The Erenagh of Drumcliff were O'...
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    famous a king". Diarmait was defeated at the battle of Cúl Dreimne (near Ben Bulben in modern County Sligo) in 560 or 561. This was the "Battle of the Books"...
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    Stolen Child" "Swift's Epitaph" "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" "The Tower" "Under Ben Bulben "The Wanderings of Oisin" "The Wild Swans at Coole"...
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  • Stolen Child" "Swift's Epitaph" "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" "The Tower" "Under Ben Bulben "The Wanderings of Oisin" "The Wild Swans at Coole"...
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    The sand dunes of Streedagh and snow on Ben Bulben...
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    gained an M.A. He wrote reports on the flora of Lough Ree, Lough Erne, Ben Bulben, Tory Island and the Blaskets all published by the Royal Irish Academy...
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  • how to ride the wind, as well as dancing with her immortal ancestors on Ben Bulben. With the moment of her fifteenth birthday only a few minutes away, Tess...
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  • in 2009. McSharry lives on a 225-acre (0.91 km2) farm in Gleniff, near Ben Bulben in North County Sligo. He is married and has family. He is known for wearing...
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