What were the first names of the Irish poet and dramatist W B Yeats?
W. B. Yeats W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served as a Senator of the Irish Free State for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others. Yeats was born in Sandymount, Ireland and educated there and in London. He spent childhood holidays in County Sligo and studied poetry from an early age when
Gráinne Yeats was one of the first professional musicians to revive and record this ancient traditional instrument. She wrote entries about Turlough O'Carolan and other Irish harpers in the "New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians". Gráinne Yeats was married to Michael Yeats, a Fianna Fáil politician and the son of the poet W. B. Yeats. She had three daughters: Caitríona (a concert harpist), Siobhán (a patents professional) and Síle (a broadcaster with RTÉ); and a son, Pádraig (an engineer). She died on 18 April 2013. Gráinne Yeats Gráinne Yeats (14 April 1925 - 18 April 2013) was an Irish harpist and