Coole Park
Autogrammbaum / Autograph Tree
(2012-08-18)
Der interessanteste Baum im Ummauerten Garten ist der Autogrammbaum. 1898 ritze William Butler Yeats seine Initialen 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. Gräfin von 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 Gregory's 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
Details von Coole Park / Details of Coole Park
- Zedernallee / Cedar Walk
- Coole Lake
- Die Wilden Schwäne in Coole / The Wild Swans at Coole
- Ummauerter Garten / Walled Garden
- Autogrammbaum / Autograph Tree
Lage / Location
- Irish grid: M 44009 05286
