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Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins
February 1 2016 (almost 9 years ago)Rating
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- Directors: Ann Marie Hourihane, Laura McNicholas
- Genres: Documentary, History
- Runtime: 14 m
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.
