by Orna Ross | Jan 28, 2015 | The Rest |
So… if you live in London, please mark your calendar. Our Yeats event (for #Yeats2015) is set for the 1st of April. ‘I Am Of Ireland', an evening of poetry and song, will explore what it is to be Irish, in these (we hope!) post-nationalist days. And...
by Orna Ross | Nov 27, 2013 | Fiction |
WB Yeats had a connection with many places across the country of Ireland, particularly the counties of Galway, Mayo and Dublin. If you're hoping to go on a trip to visit some of the locations that are linked to his life, click the link to this Google Map for some...
by Orna Ross | Nov 13, 2013 | Fiction |
On Saturday, I did an interview with Marese O'Sullivan, a young Irish student here in London who is fascinated by the Gonnes' relationship with WB Yeats and wanted to know more about my motivation for writing the trilogy. Marese had a lot of questions, so we're...
by Orna Ross | Nov 9, 2013 | Fiction |
In “A Memory of Youth” Yeats acknowledged how his poetic inspiration had dried until the intervention of “a most ridiculous little bird [who] Tore from the skies his marvelous moon.” The little bird was Iseult Gonne, who saw herself as both pupil and teacher to Yeats....
by Orna Ross | Nov 9, 2013 | Fiction |
Willie, Maud and Iseult, three of the most imaginative people who ever lived, never imagined the Internet or Twitter. If they were alive today, I imagine Maud would leap on Twitter for PR purposes, Iseult would shun it, and Willie would dismiss it for a time, with a...