Yesterday we went on a cultural trip into town; the National Museum of Ireland (bog bodies), National Library of Ireland (WB Yeats) and the National Gallery (JackB Yeats), to be more specific! I'd seen the bog bodies before (and I was hungry for my lunch..) so that was my least favourite.
I really enjoyed both of the Yeats exhibitions, even though WB had some unexpected truths: he didn't believe that women should be involved in politics, he was a member a cult which explored the supernatural world through the use of automatic writing and ouji boards, they used women as mediums to speak with the spirits. All very creepy if you ask me; I don't know anything about the after-life and I'd like to keep it that way!
Tell us more about those 'unexpected truths' Niamh! What do you mean?
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