Coole Park
Autogrammbaum / Autograph Tree
(2012-08-18)
Der interessanteste Baum im Ummauerten Garten ist der Autogrammbaum. 1898 ritze William Butler Yeats seine Initialien in die Rinde der Blutbuche, in den darauffolgenden Jahrzehnten folgen ihm viel der Gäste von Lady Gregory. Eine Tafel erklärt die Unterschriften:
1. Theodore Spicer Simpson
2. George Bernard Shaw
3. John Masefield
4. Countess of Cromartie
5. Augustus John
6. Elinor Monsell
7. An Craoibhin Aoibhinn (Douglas Hyde)
8. Lady Augusta Gregory
9. William Robert Gregory
10. William Butler Yeats
11. Sean O'Casey
12. John Millington Synge
13. Violet Martin “Ross”
14. George W.Russell (A.E.)
15. Jack B. Yeats
The most interesting tree in the Walled Garden is the Autograph Tree. In 1898 William Butler Yeats carved his initials into the bark of this copper beech, with many of Lady Gregories guests following him in the decades to come. A panel explains the signatures:
1. Theodore Spicer Simpson
2. George Bernard Shaw
3. John Masefield
4. Countess of Cromartie
5. Augustus John
6. Elinor Monsell
7. An Craoibhin Aoibhinn (Douglas Hyde)
8. Lady Augusta Gregory
9. William Robert Gregory
10. William Butler Yeats
11. Sean O'Casey
12. John Millington Synge
13. Violet Martin “Ross”
14. George W.Russell (A.E.)
15. Jack B. Yeats
Übersicht über Coole Park / Overview of Coole Park
Zedernallee / Cedar WalkCoole LakeDie Wilden Schwäne in Coole / The Wild Swans at CooleUmmauerter Garten / Walled GardenAutogrammbaum / Autograph Tree
Lage / Location
Irish grid: M 44009 05286
