Kiltartan
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Kiltartan is a barony in County Galway
, Ireland
. It was formerly known as Cenél Áeda na hEchtge
. It was the home of Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn
, and a regular residence of W.B. Yeats.
It is alluded to in Yeats's poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
.
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. It was formerly known as Cenél Áeda na hEchtge
Cenél Áeda na hEchtge
Cenél Áeda na hEchtge was a trícha cét Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea)was a trícha cét Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea)was a trícha cét (later a cantred, (a branch of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne) and which...
. It was the home of Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn
Edward Martyn
Edward Martyn was an Irish political and cultural activist and playwright.-Early life:Martyn was the eldest son of John Martyn of Tullira and Annie Mary Josephine Smyth of Masonbrook, Loughrea, both in County Galway. He succeeded his father upon John's death in 1860...
, and a regular residence of W.B. Yeats.
It is alluded to in Yeats's poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats written in 1918 and first published in the Macmillan edition of The Wild Swans at Coole in 1919. The poem is a soliloquy given by an aviator in the First World War in which the poet describes the circumstances...
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