William Butler Yeats

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"William Butler Yeats" appearances by year

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114

Clue	Answer As Given	Value	Round	Category	Air Date	Show
This Irishman's collection "The Tower" includes "Leda & the Swan" & "Sailing to Byzantium"	Yeats	$1,600	DJ	POETRY COLLECTIONS	2025-07-04	#9370
"Let the Irish vessel lie / Emptied of its poetry", says W.H. Auden's 1939 poem "In Memory of" him	Yeats	$1,000	J	POETS & POETRY	2025-03-20	#9294
In 1939 he was buried near his last residence in France, but his body arrived in Galway en route to final burial on September 17, 1948	William Butler Yeats		FJ	POETS	2022-04-27	#8628
"That is no country for old men", begins this Irishman's poem "Sailing to Byzantium"	(William Butler) Yeats	$800	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2017-02-22	#7473
His poem "On a Political Prisoner" was inspired by a countess sentenced to life for her part in the 1916 Irish rebellion	(William Butler) Yeats	$800	J	POETIC PUNISHMENT	2013-03-21	#6569
"That is no country for old men.The young in one another's arms, birds in the trees"	William Butler Yeats	$2,000	DJ	POETRY, THY NAME IS HIM	2012-06-08	#6395
This Irish poet "will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, and a small cabin build there"	(William Butler) Yeats	$800	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2009-07-24	#5745
"A terrible beauty is born", this Irishman wrote on "Easter, 1916"	(William Butler) Yeats	$2,000	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2007-03-27	#5197
W.H. Auden wrote "In Memory of" this poet, "Let the Irish vessel lie / Emptied of its poetry"	Yeats DD	$800	DJ	POETRY	2003-10-06	#4386
In 1899 this Irish poet & dramatist co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre, which later became the Abbey Theatre	William Butler Yeats	$1,000	J	POETS & POETRY	2002-11-21	#4194
1865-1939 IRY8S	William Butler Yeats	$800	DJ	POETIC LICENSE PLATES	2001-07-20	#3905
Irish poet who rhymes with wooden boxes for packing	Yeats (Crates)	$400	DJ	POETS WHO RHYME	2001-02-01	#3784
This Irish poet who died in 1939 is buried near Sligo "Under bare Ben Bulben's head"	William Butler Yeats	$800	DJ	POETS & POETRY	1996-07-01	#2741
In a 1939 elegy W.H. Auden wrote of this man, "mad Ireland hurt you into poetry"	William Butler Yeats	$1,000	DJ	POETS & POETRY	1995-04-21	#2460
This poet lived most of his life with an unrequited love for Irish patriot Maude Gonne	(William Butler) Yeats	$800	DJ	POETRY	1992-11-03	#1877
Irish poet who wrote, "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree"	William Butler Yeats	$1,000	DJ	NAME THE POET	1988-11-29	#977
"Let the Irish vessel lie emptied of its poetry", Auden wrote "In Memory" of him	(William Butler) Yeats DD	$800	DJ	POETRY	1985-11-05	#302

Clue

Answer As Given

Value

Round

Category

Air Date

Show

This Irishman's collection "The Tower" includes "Leda & the Swan" & "Sailing to Byzantium"

Yeats

$1,600

POETRY COLLECTIONS

2025-07-04

#9370

"Let the Irish vessel lie / Emptied of its poetry", says W.H. Auden's 1939 poem "In Memory of" him

Yeats

$1,000

POETS & POETRY

2025-03-20

#9294

In 1939 he was buried near his last residence in France, but his body arrived in Galway en route to final burial on September 17, 1948

William Butler Yeats

POETS

2022-04-27

#8628

"That is no country for old men", begins this Irishman's poem "Sailing to Byzantium"

(William Butler) Yeats

$800

POETS & POETRY

2017-02-22

#7473

His poem "On a Political Prisoner" was inspired by a countess sentenced to life for her part in the 1916 Irish rebellion

(William Butler) Yeats

$800

POETIC PUNISHMENT

2013-03-21

#6569

"That is no country for old men.The young in one another's arms, birds in the trees"

William Butler Yeats

$2,000

POETRY, THY NAME IS HIM

2012-06-08

#6395

This Irish poet "will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, and a small cabin build there"

(William Butler) Yeats

$800

POETS & POETRY

2009-07-24

#5745

"A terrible beauty is born", this Irishman wrote on "Easter, 1916"

(William Butler) Yeats

$2,000

POETS & POETRY

2007-03-27

#5197

W.H. Auden wrote "In Memory of" this poet, "Let the Irish vessel lie / Emptied of its poetry"

Yeats DD

$800

POETRY

2003-10-06

#4386

In 1899 this Irish poet & dramatist co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre, which later became the Abbey Theatre

William Butler Yeats

$1,000

POETS & POETRY

2002-11-21

#4194

1865-1939 IRY8S

William Butler Yeats

$800

POETIC LICENSE PLATES

2001-07-20

#3905

Irish poet who rhymes with wooden boxes for packing

Yeats (Crates)

$400

POETS WHO RHYME

2001-02-01

#3784

This Irish poet who died in 1939 is buried near Sligo "Under bare Ben Bulben's head"

William Butler Yeats

$800

POETS & POETRY

1996-07-01

#2741

In a 1939 elegy W.H. Auden wrote of this man, "mad Ireland hurt you into poetry"

William Butler Yeats

$1,000

POETS & POETRY

1995-04-21

#2460

This poet lived most of his life with an unrequited love for Irish patriot Maude Gonne

(William Butler) Yeats

$800

POETRY

1992-11-03

#1877

Irish poet who wrote, "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree"

William Butler Yeats

$1,000

NAME THE POET

1988-11-29

#977

"Let the Irish vessel lie emptied of its poetry", Auden wrote "In Memory" of him

(William Butler) Yeats DD

$800

POETRY

1985-11-05

#302