A Fanatic Heart: Bob Geldof on W.B. Yeats

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist. - Through performances of some of Yeats' most iconic poems by leading Irish and British cultural figures, Bob Geldof reveals how Yeats and others built the scaffolding of a new independent Ireland decades before the Rising - but how Yeats' vision for a modern, pluralist, inclusive Ireland was pushed aside by the narrow-minded Catholic elite of the new Free State.