Film
Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins
2016Directed by Ann Marie Hourihane, Laura McNicholas
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- Released
- Runtime
- 14m
About Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins
- Documentary
- History
Synopsis
In 1926, ten years after the Easter Rising, the Irish government decided to create a new coinage for the Free State. They invited the most famous poet in the world, W.B. Yeats, to chair the design committee. Behind-the-scenes battles were fought before the new coins became one of the most enduring success stories of the new Irish state.
- Directors
- Ann Marie Hourihane
- Laura McNicholas
- Writer
- Ann Marie Hourihane
