MacBride was Maud Gonne's husband, who got executed by the British for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. Gonne was the great love of W.B. Yeats's life and inspired a lot of his poetry. (She was also kind of crazy and pretty much a terrorist, which is where the 'ignorant men' and 'violent ways' bit comes from.)
MacBride was Maud Gonne's husband, who got executed by the British for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. Gonne was the great love of W.B. Yeats's life and inspired a lot of his poetry. (She was also kind of crazy and pretty much a terrorist, which is where the 'ignorant men' and 'violent ways' bit comes from.)
who's MacBride? and what does she mean why did you sit here in a grave?
MacBride was Maud Gonne's husband, who got executed by the British for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. Gonne was the great love of W.B. Yeats's life and inspired a lot of his poetry. (She was also kind of crazy and pretty much a terrorist, which is where the 'ignorant men' and 'violent ways' bit comes from.)
MacBride was Maud Gonne's husband, who got executed by the British for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. Gonne was the great love of W.B. Yeats's life and inspired a lot of his poetry. (She was also kind of crazy and pretty much a terrorist, which is where the 'ignorant men' and 'violent ways' bit comes from.)