Movie

Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins

(en)

2016

14m

Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins

Documentary

History

Overview: 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.

Status: Released

Release date: February 1, 2016

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Top Cast

Moe Dunford

Moe Dunford

as W.B. Yeats