W. B. Yeats: The Death of Cuchulainn

W. B. Yeats: The Death of Cuchulainn

From Brendan Moir's Playwright Corner by Brendan Moir

May 9, 2026 · 21 min · Season 3 · Episode 26

About this episode

This episode explores the mythic and human aspects of Cuchulainn's fate as depicted by W. B. Yeats.

This is the inevitable conclusion of the Myth of Cuchulainn as set out by W.B. Yeats. As the title suggests, "The Death of Cuchulainn" is about as mythic and yet as human as the titular character. A man worn down with time, finally in acceptance of his fate. A fate still worth telling and felt in the Irish people today. Follow me on other platforms: https://bemuse.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/talentunlimited1/?hl=en https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wiNjFbd6rluEHZF4Qffcv https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070481824821&locale=hi_IN https://www.patreon.com/bemuse Website: https://bemusearts.com *This Season's Album Art by Illuvisual* William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory, he founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. His earliest volume of verse was published in 1889, and its slow-paced…

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Host: Brendan Moir

Topics covered

  • mythology
  • Irish literature
  • Cuchulainn
  • fate
  • human experience

Keywords

  • Cuchulainn
  • W. B. Yeats
  • Irish mythology
  • literature
  • fate

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