Coole Park
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Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately 1,000 acres located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, part of the Departme
Autograph Tree in the Walled Garden
Woodland path at Coole Park
Lady Gregory
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Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatr
Coole Park
…the Burren Hills, and a library in between them. In 1880, Robert's great-grandson, William Henry Gregory married Isabella Augusta Persse, who became Lady Gregory. The death in World War I of their only child, Robert, a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, inspired the poet W B Yeats to write works which included "An…
Gregory pictured on the frontispiece to "Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography" (1913)
Portrait of Lady Gregory, 1903
A poster for the opening run at the Abbey Theatre from 27 December 1904 to 3 January 1905
Lady Gregory in later life