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Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins (2016)
Directed by Ann Marie Hourihane, Laura McNicholas
Documentary, History · 14m
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.
Cast
Moe Dunford
Crew
- Director
- Ann Marie Hourihane, Laura McNicholas
- Writer
- Ann Marie Hourihane
- Original Music Composer
- Hugh Rodgers
- Editor
- Gareth Nolan
- Producer
- Ann Marie Hourihane, Laura McNicholas
Details
- Release date
- 2016-02-01
- Runtime
- 14m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Ireland
- Production
- 925 Productions