S5E22: Dan Mulhall - Check-In - The Pilgrim Soul of WB Yeats

When we last talked with Dan Mulhall, he was Ireland’s Ambassador to the United Stares. Since then, he retired after a 44-year career in diplomacy, but he’s been busier than ever as we learn in this check-in episode with Martin Nutty focused on his new book on W. B. Yeats.

Recent invitations to New York University, Cambridge, and Harvard, provided opportunities to engage with students and pursue research into Yeats, a poet that he’d turned to throughout his diplomatic career. Early on, Dan realized the power of Yeats’s poetry, how the words of one of Ireland’s most important cultural icons could open diplomatic doors that were closed to other nations.

Dan’s love of Yeats’s words and his understanding of the poet's role in Irish history is now told in “Pilgrim Soul: W. B. Yeats and the Ireland of His Time.”

Join us as Dan explores the many aspects of the enigmatic poet’s life and how his legacy continues to be relevant in a turbulent world.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 2:44 The Past 2 Years
• 6:23 Yeats' Nationalism and Parnell
• 10:20 Understanding Yeats as an Irishman
• 19:33 Yeats and the Irish Language
• 22:34 Yeats' Embrace of Anglo Ireland
• 30:21 A Book Inscription
• 33:54 How to Write a Book on Yeats
• 36:56 Yeats' Impact on Indian Independence
• 40:06 The Pivotal Decade
• 43:01 What's Next for Dan Mulhall?
• 48:03 Recap
• 49:18 Credits