A visionary, an enigma – brother to the immortal poet, William – and a story that\u2019s never been told on screen. International bestseller Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn undertakes a revelatory and philosophical exploration – powerfully brought to life by narrator Pierce Brosnan – about the legacy of Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland.<\/p>\n
Described by The Irish Times as \u201cbeautiful and compelling\u201d – the story brings together contributors from Ireland\u2019s sphere of culture and academia \u2013 from Historian Prof. Roy Foster and Jack\u2019s biographer Hilary Pyle to comedian Dara O\u2019Briain and Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn himself, who discuss Jack\u2019s complex life and major influences – such as family, war, death and horses – that led him to
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