D2 YC Diarmaid of the love spot
Season 2, Episode 3, May 25, 2022, 02:32 PM
Enjoy Day Two of the Yeats Country Guide
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By the shores of Glencar lake
GPS Location: 54.33762, -8.404841
One of the many tranquil spots along the lake where the scenery is worth stopping for. In our audio piece, we move onto Irish mythology as under Ben Bulben is where the Fianna warriors hunted and where we tell you the story of Diarmaid and Grainne.
However, the good people are never too far away in these parts. Yeats wrote A Faery Song where the two worlds meet where the sleeping lovers get the blessing of the area's oldest residents.
A Faery Song (sung by the people of Faery over Diarmaid and Grainne, in their bridal sleep under a cromlech) Better still, sung next by The Waterboys if listening on the Yeats Country Guide playlist on Spotify.
We who are old, old and gay, O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years,
If all were told: Give to these children, new from the world,
Silence and love; And the long dew-dropping hours of the night,
And the stars above: Give to these children, new from the world,
Rest far from men. Is anything better, anything better?
Tell us it then: Us who are old, old and gay, O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years, If all were told.
As they were on the run from her husband Fionn McCumhaill, Diarmaid and Grainne (Diarmuid and Grania) are said to have spent the night in the shelter of a cave in Benbulben, known as Diarmaid and Grainne's Bed.
DIRECTIONS: we'll be guiding you along Ben Bulben on your right until you get back to the N15 main road. Take a left here, but please note just before Drumcliffe, take the signs for Lissadell House on the right. if in a hurry, skip this step, but ensure you hear the lively Yeats debate!
Want to be brought to the N15 turnoff by Google Maps? Use the coordinates below to bring you to the next Point of Interest:
54.341436 -8.502989
GPS Location: 54.33762, -8.404841
One of the many tranquil spots along the lake where the scenery is worth stopping for. In our audio piece, we move onto Irish mythology as under Ben Bulben is where the Fianna warriors hunted and where we tell you the story of Diarmaid and Grainne.
However, the good people are never too far away in these parts. Yeats wrote A Faery Song where the two worlds meet where the sleeping lovers get the blessing of the area's oldest residents.
A Faery Song (sung by the people of Faery over Diarmaid and Grainne, in their bridal sleep under a cromlech) Better still, sung next by The Waterboys if listening on the Yeats Country Guide playlist on Spotify.
We who are old, old and gay, O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years,
If all were told: Give to these children, new from the world,
Silence and love; And the long dew-dropping hours of the night,
And the stars above: Give to these children, new from the world,
Rest far from men. Is anything better, anything better?
Tell us it then: Us who are old, old and gay, O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years, If all were told.
As they were on the run from her husband Fionn McCumhaill, Diarmaid and Grainne (Diarmuid and Grania) are said to have spent the night in the shelter of a cave in Benbulben, known as Diarmaid and Grainne's Bed.
DIRECTIONS: we'll be guiding you along Ben Bulben on your right until you get back to the N15 main road. Take a left here, but please note just before Drumcliffe, take the signs for Lissadell House on the right. if in a hurry, skip this step, but ensure you hear the lively Yeats debate!
Want to be brought to the N15 turnoff by Google Maps? Use the coordinates below to bring you to the next Point of Interest:
54.341436 -8.502989