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Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins

Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins (2016)

February. 01,2016
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5.5
| History Documentary

Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins

2016  / 0 hr 14 min

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.

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Director
Ann Marie Hourihane
Cast
Moe Dunford

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