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Easter 1916, by WB Yeats

The Poetry of HistorySeries 1
Episode 1 of 5

4 Extra Debut. Jonathan Bate looks at the history behind the poem, travelling to Dublin to investigate the 1916 Easter Rising. From April 2006.

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Wed 1 Oct 201402:30
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