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The Ballad of Father Gilligan

W. B. Yeats

First published 1892
Type Poem

First published in the Scots Observer, 5 July 1890, with the title "Father Gilligan: A legend told by the people of Castleisland, Kerry." It is best known by the title used in the 1950 Collected Poems, "The Ballad of Father Gilligan".

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1892 The Countess Kathleen and Other Legends and Lyrics T. Fisher Unwin Collection 108
1895 Poems T. Fisher Unwin Collection 229
1950 The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats Macmillan Collection 52
February 2018 Cover Irish Stories and Folklore: A Collection of Thirty-Six Classic Tales Skyhorse Publishing Anthology 299