Kiltartan is a barony in
County GalwayCounty Galway is one of the traditional Counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Connacht. It was named after the city of Galway...
,
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. It was formerly known as
Cenél Áeda na hEchtgeCenél Áeda na hEchtge was a trícha cét Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea)was a trícha cét Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea)was a trícha cét (later a cantred, (a branch of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne) and which...
. It was the home of Lady Gregory,
Edward MartynEdward Martyn was an Irish political and cultural activist, playwright, and last of the senior branch of the "wealthy Catholic" Martyn family of Tullira, one of the Tribes of Galway. He was of Tullira Castle, Ardrahan, County Galway.He was a friend of William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, with whom...
, and a regular residence of W.B. Yeats.
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Kiltartan is a barony in
County GalwayCounty Galway is one of the traditional Counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Connacht. It was named after the city of Galway...
,
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
. It was formerly known as
Cenél Áeda na hEchtgeCenél Áeda na hEchtge was a trícha cét Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea)was a trícha cét Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea)was a trícha cét (later a cantred, (a branch of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne) and which...
. It was the home of Lady Gregory,
Edward MartynEdward Martyn was an Irish political and cultural activist, playwright, and last of the senior branch of the "wealthy Catholic" Martyn family of Tullira, one of the Tribes of Galway. He was of Tullira Castle, Ardrahan, County Galway.He was a friend of William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, with whom...
, and a regular residence of W.B. Yeats.
It is alluded to in Yeats's poem
An Irish Airman Foresees His DeathAn Irish Airman Foresees His Death is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats. It chronicles the final thoughts of a First World War aviator:I know that I shall meet my fateSomewhere among the clouds above;Those that I fight I do not hate,...
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