785 Irish Legacy of W. B. Yeats; 1960s Ireland; Touring Northern Ireland

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🗓️ 15 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Two countrymen explore Ireland's reverence for their national poet, W. B. Yeats. Then a Dublin journalist shares what it was like to grow up amid the turbulent societal changes in his city during the 1960s and '70s. And a guide from Belfast tells us why an Emerald Isle itinerary should include a visit to Northern Ireland.

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0:00.0	Ireland is famous for its eloquent literary heritage,
0:04.7	even if some of its writers might leave you scratching your head.
0:08.2	On his tomb there's a very famous epitaph.
0:10.4	It says, cast a cold eye on life, on death, horseman pass by.
0:14.9	Growing up in Ireland, none of us have any idea what the hell that means.
0:18.2	Coming up, friends from Ireland explore the legacy of its celebrated
0:21.7	20th century poet William Butler Yates. A leading journalist of today at the Irish Times reflects on
0:27.9	growing up in Dublin in the 1960s. I think it was a bit of a gray place. Fenton O'Toole explains how he's
0:34.4	grateful things have changed a lot in his lifetime from the harsh atmosphere of his own school days.
0:39.9	It was violent, it was anti-intellectual.
0:43.2	And a guide from Belfast encourages us to visit Northern Ireland.
0:47.3	And people will be as curious about you as a tourist as you are about Ireland, so you'll get a warm welcome.
0:54.1	Let's get to know Ireland in the hour ahead. It's Travel with Rick Steves. as a tourist as you are about Ireland, so you'll get a warm welcome.
0:56.2	Let's get to know Ireland in the hour ahead.
0:57.8	It's Travel with Rick Steves.
1:02.9	Ireland is a great place to make friends.
1:05.7	Coming up, a prominent journalist at the Irish Times reflects back on a lifetime of social change he's witnessed.
1:09.6	In just a bit, Fenton O'Toole tells us what it was
1:12.2	like to grow up during the stormy 1960s in Dublin. And a guide from Belfast recommends why it's
1:19.0	worth your time to include her region of the UK on your next trip to Ireland. Let's open today's
1:24.6	travel with Rick Steves with an appreciation of one of Ireland's most quoted
1:28.3	writers. For such a small country, Ireland's literary impact is profound. Poet W.B. Yates was the
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