{{ie citytown infobox | town_name = Drumcliffe| Irish_name = Droim Chliabh | crest_image = | motto_latin = '' | motto_english = '' | pin_coords = left: 80px; top: 30px | north_coord = 54.3333 | west_coord = 8.5000 | town_elevation = 8 m| county_name = Sligo | town_pop = - (2002)| rural_pop = 2784 (2002)| irish_grid = G675428| }}'''Drumcliffe''' (''Droim Chliabh'' in Irish) is a village in County_Sligo, Ireland. The village is the final resting place of W._B._Yeats. Although Yeats died in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France in January, 1939, his remains were brought home to Ireland by the Irish_Navy and re-interred at Drumcliffe in 1948 in the presence of a large number of local people and dignatories which included Mr. Seán McBride, Minister for External Affairs, who represented the Government. St. Colmcille founded a monastery in Drumcliffe in about 575 and the village is also famous for its Irish High Cross dating to the 11th_Century, which stands in the grounds of the former abbey. Across the road is the stump of a Round Tower, which was struck by lightning in 1396. Image:drumcliffe_cross.jpg Image:drumcliffe_grave.jpg Image:drumcliffe_tower.jpg
==See also== * List_of_towns_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland {{Ireland-geo-stub}} Ga:Droim_Chliabh Category:_Towns_and_villages_in_Sligo