What Happened to Irish Art?(comercialization of Irish culture)(Statistical Data Included)

Rain beats down on W. B. Yeats's grave in Drumcliffe, but still the faithful come. As the guide talks of the Irish poet's death in 1939, a tall professorial type nods solemnly. Japanese tourists in dripping red Windbreakers grin gamely for the camera. Until a few years ago, literary pilgrims to Ireland could find shelter from the rain in an old stable, where a local woman would serve tea and homemade Guinness cake. Today, tourists flock to the stout new visitors' center, built two years ago with funds from the European Union. There, they can hunt for information on Irish writers at the computer center, sign up for the audiovisual tour and buy Celtic fridge magnets, Yeats ...