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The untold story of the Yeats sisters

Almost anyone who grew up in Ireland will have encountered the poetry of WB Yeats at some point i...

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14.08 11 Jul 2025


The untold story of the Yeats sisters


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14.08 11 Jul 2025


Almost anyone who grew up in Ireland will have encountered the poetry of WB Yeats at some point in their education. His brother, Jack B Yeats, was an acclaimed painter who took home Ireland’s first ever Olympic medal, winning the silver for art in 1924.

But, they weren’t the only siblings in the Yeats family, nor were they the only Yeats children to be highly acclaimed.

Lyndsey McDougall is a Singer with New Pagans and Art History lecturer at Ulster University. She joins to discuss.

Image: Trinity College Dublin


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