Augusta, Lady GregoryAugusta, Lady Gregory

THE LONG WALK BACKTHE LONG WALK BACK

THE HOUSE OF COOLTHE HOUSE OF COOL

THE GATE OF LIFE AND THE THE GATE OF LIFE AND THE TREETREE

THE ROCK OF COOLTHE ROCK OF COOL

SUNSET OVER COOLSUNSET OVER COOL

THE PATHEWAYSTHE PATHEWAYS

THE AUTOGRAPH TREETHE AUTOGRAPH TREE

THE CHILDREN’S HEDGETHE CHILDREN’S HEDGE

RED SQUIRREL AND SWANRED SQUIRREL AND SWAN

BEWICK’S SWANBEWICK’S SWAN

Coole park was where he took his friendsIt was his joy until the end

To stroll along the wooded trails. While reminiscing or telling tales .

To stop and glare at the big oak trees .Or those copper beech that stood for years .

He would tell you the story of this famous place .Or read the inscriptions on the various name plates. He would salute to a stranger he met there before .

For his manner was always to never ignore .Then down to the lake to his favorite seat .

We would chat of our school days as if it was our first meet .Or talk of our Parent’s who are now long past and gone.

Or joke about childhood and the things we had done. He would speak of his Wife Kay and children at length .

That love that he gave them knew never an end .On his last days with us he never forgot .

It was to Coole  for that walk no matter what . Nessan you have taken your last walk in Coole .

So now cool dude you walk with God .In the forest of life they call Heaven .So until we all meet again be cool.

Never ever forgotten.Pat.

Isabella Augusta Gregory, née Persse (1852-1932), Irish

She was born in Rosborough, county Galway,

After the death of her husband, Sir William Gregory, in 1892, she became involved in the effort to arouse Irish nationalism through an

appreciation of Irish literature and

speech. With the poet and dramatist

William Butler Yeats she founded what

became the Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre turned 100 The Abbey Theatre turned 100 years old in 2004.years old in 2004.

The Rising of the MoonThe Rising of the Moon

WHERE WOULD WE BE WITH WHERE WOULD WE BE WITH OUT ITOUT IT

GOD HATES THE IRISHGOD HATES THE IRISH

Good men aren’t hard to find,

THE MUSIC OF IRELANDTHE MUSIC OF IRELAND

WHAT WE GAVE TO THE WHAT WE GAVE TO THE WORLDWORLD

He who has never hoped can never despair.

THE LAUGHTER AND SPORTTHE LAUGHTER AND SPORT

IT’S .A GOOD LIFEIT’S .A GOOD LIFE

WHAT THAY DID FOR USWHAT THAY DID FOR US

IF THAY ONLEY NEWIF THAY ONLEY NEW

Abbey set to move to George's Dock

THE ABBEY THEARTER TODAYTHE ABBEY THEARTER TODAY

Making History Come Alive!

THE RISING OF THE MOON

a play in one act by Lady Gregory

First performed in 1907

DROP IN TO THE SCHOLARS DROP IN TO THE SCHOLARS LOUNGELOUNGE

THE WOODLAND PATHSTHE WOODLAND PATHS

 "The trees are in their autumn beauty,     The woodland paths are dry,     Under the October twilight the water     mirrors a still sky;"

W.B. Yeats "Wild Swans at Coole"

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939

Irish poet

JOHN MILLINGTONJOHN MILLINGTON

Author of The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots at the Abbey on its opening night.

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