Return to LL Ireland |
Name |
Town |
County |
Visit? |
LL Ref. |
Actual Location |
Grid Reference |
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Thoor Ballylee |
Nr
Gort |
Galway |
Visitor Centre |
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Near Gort.
Signposted.from N18 |
N53.102 W8.770. |
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![](LilliputLanemodels/Thoor%20Ballylee%20a.jpg) |
![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I20%20Thoor%20Ballye%20Judy.jpg) |
Lilliput Lane Model
based on W B Yeats' Tower |
![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I28%20Thoor%20Ballye%20.jpg) |
![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I21%20Thoor%20Ballye%20.jpg) |
The
visitor centre which has an excellent audio/visual show about
the history and Yeats' life there |
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![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I24%20Thoor%20Ballye%20.jpg) |
![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I29%20Thoor%20Ballye%20.jpg) |
The river outside |
![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I27%20Thoor%20Ballye%20Judy%20at%20top.jpg) |
![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I25%20Thoor%20Ballye%20from%20top.jpg) |
Judy was very brave
and climbed up spiral stairs to the top -- she hates those stairs and
being up high!! |
![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I25%20Thoor%20Ballye%20table%20.jpg) |
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We noted the Yeats' table had the
same "butterflies" as the Michigan House |
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![](Places/Europe/Ireland/I19%20galway%20fish%20chips.jpg) |
![](Places/Europe/Ireland/sprys%20ireland%20galway.jpg) |
The evening of June 27 was spent
with Fish and Chips at McDonagh's Fish House
in Quay Street .... |
...and posed with some famous
Irishmen and the way to the hotel! |