The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows
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The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows is a short story by the poet William Butler Yeats
, retelling an old legend about the death of some of the soldiers of Sir Frederick Hamilton after the burning of Sligo Abbey
in 1642.
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms...
, retelling an old legend about the death of some of the soldiers of Sir Frederick Hamilton after the burning of Sligo Abbey
Sligo Abbey
Sligo Abbey , a ruined abbey in Sligo, Ireland, was originally built in 1253 by the order of Maurice Fitzgerald, Baron of Offaly. It was destroyed in 1414 by a fire, ravaged during the Tyrone War in 1595 and once more in 1641 during the Ulster Uprising...
in 1642.