William Butler Yeats and East of Eire
I set off from my cousin's place with the intention of being the first non-Irishman to set foot on the eastern most point of the mainland portion of the Republic of Ireland. As I wound my way down Thormanby Road I took a snap of the electric car recharging station in front of the local library. [8:40:43 PM] I took a right turn to get a view of the Howth Church. [8:40:58 PM]. I've become used to it being very bright with sunlight so late in the northern latitudes now. Instead of going down to the pier I found a narrow path to walk between two houses on to the eastern part of the peninsula for my walk. I would have never noticed this path or known about it without Google Maps. [20.52.51] This was what I saw at around 80% of the way ... just walked by the 🏠 house Yeats lived in, in Howth. I assume he wrote this poem while living there because the view from there looks just like those in this video And also because the poem is quoted on a plaque on the wall of the house. ...