Irische Legende is a 1955 opera by Werner Egk who also wrote the libretto after the 1892/1899 verse drama The Countess Cathleen by W. B. Yeats. It premiered at the Salzburg Festival on 17 August 1955.
W. B. Yeats, on whose story the opera is based, in 1903
Werner Egk, born Werner Joseph Mayer, was a German composer.
Egk memorial, Auchsesheim