Welcome to Yeats Society Sligo

Welcome to Yeats Society Sligo

Celebrating the life and works of WB Yeats and his talented family.

Celebrating the Centenary of WB Yeats’ Nobel Prize

One hundred years ago, on November 14th, WB Yeats became the first Irish person to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Thursday November 30th to Saturday December 2nd

Yeats Society Sligo is delighted to host My Numberless Dreams… My Passionate Rhyme, a three-day poetry event taking place in Sligo between November 30th and December 2nd.

The event is part of a wider programme, designed by Yeats Society Sligo, in partnership with other organisations and institutions to mark the Centenary of the award to WB Yeats of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. This programme, honouring the poet, is the closing event of the Official Decade of Centenaries, funded and organised by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht and Media, on behalf of the Government of Ireland.

Celebrating the Centenary of WB Yeats’ Nobel Prize

One hundred years ago, on November 14th, WB Yeats became the first Irish person to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

As part of the official Decade of Centenaries, local libraries across Ireland will share the news, and the story, with the next generation of Ireland’s writers and poets – and all who feel inspired by the global poet, Yeats.

The event is part of a wider programme, designed by Yeats Society Sligo, in partnership with other organisations and institutions to mark the Centenary of the award to WB Yeats of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. This programme, honouring the poet, is the closing event of the Official Decade of Centenaries, funded and organised by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht and Media, on behalf of the Government of Ireland.

The Nora Niland lecture 2023

Nora Niland was a founding member of Yeats Society Sligo in 1960. The annual Nora Niland lecture marks her contribution and her generosity and the impact she made on Sligo culture.

The 2023 talk was delivered by Eily Kilgannon, who has had a lifelong love of the work of WB Yeats.

Our news

The Yeats Building in the heart of Sligo is a hub for literary culture and the arts. We have a permanent Yeats exhibition and the Hyde Bridge Gallery on the first floor offers a range of contemporary exhibitions. In 2024, we will offer the 65th Yeats International Summer School – the longest-running literary summer school in the world.

“Smiling public man” event in the Seanad Chamber

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize award, the current Cathaoirleach, Senator Jerry Buttimer, hosted a special event in the Seanad Chamber in Leinster House.

Celebrating the Centenary of WB Yeats’ Nobel Prize

As part of the official Decade of Centenaries, local libraries across Ireland will share the news, and the story.

My Numberless Dreams… My Passionate Rhyme

Celebrating the Centenary of WB Yeats’ Nobel Prize, Thursday November 30th to Saturday December 2nd.

Ghosts, Sausages, and a Dining Room Table

Ghosts, Sausages, and a Dining Room Table, is a short play designed to explain to young people the significance of WB Yeats’ Nobel Prize award,100 years ago, in 1923.

The play is written by Eva Joyce.

Yeats Unwrapped in Sligo

Use our app to explore the majesty of Sligo landscape, which inspired the poet WB Yeats all his life.

The app includes photos, video and poetry recitals, all of which will enhance your journey. Trails can be walked, cycled or driven and take you around all of county Sligo to places that Yeats knew and loved. The trails include walks through forests, by the sea and up mountains.

This app makes use of GPS to show you places of interest close to your current location.

Download via the App Store or Google Play.

The rage-driven, rage-tormented, and rage-hungry troop,
Trooper belabouring trooper, biting at arm or face,
Plunges towards nothing, arms and fingers spreading wide
For the embrace of nothing;

from Meditations in Time of Civil War VII

Opening Times

The Poetic Mind of WB Yeats,
Thursday – Saturday: 11am-3pm

Hyde Bridge Gallery

Tuesday – Saturday: 10am-3pm

For further information please contact us at 071 9142693 or via info@yeatssociety.com 

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Admission Fees

Entry to Yeats Exhibition: €5

Family ticket (2 Adults, 2 children over 12): €16

Entry to Yeats Exhibition with talk: €8

Entry to Yeats Exhibition with talk and library visit: €10

Entry to Hyde Bridge Gallery: Free

Entry for children under 12 is free of charge.

The new permanent Yeats Exhibition, called The Poetic Mind of WB Yeats, is now open.
The Hyde Bridge Gallery is also open
Opening hours Tuesday – Saturday: 11-4pm

Please contact us at 071 9142693 or via info@yeatssociety.com 

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