Yeats and Synge in the congested districts

In 1905 Jack B. Yeats was commissioned by the Manchester Guardian to illustrate a series of articles by John Millington Synge on the condition of the poorest parts of Ireland—Connemara and Mayo. Together the two men toured what were then known as the ‘congested districts’, dispatching regular articles and illustrations back to Britain. To mark ... Read more

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