Welcome to Yeats Society Sligo

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

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 2023, we will offer the 64th Yeats International Summer School – the longest-running literary summer school in the world.

The Wild Swan Theatre Company present

Nobel Words — A one-act play by Peggy Monahan

Saturday 7th October 2023

Time: 1pm

Venue: The Yeats Building, Sligo

For info and advance ticket reservations call 087 6360895

This performance is part of the official Decade of Centenaries Programme. Making the Centenary of the award to WB Yeats of The Nobel Prize in 1923.

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October 3, 2023

Saturday Oct 7th 2023 12noon Closing Oct 28th. Two Person exhibition by Celeen Mahé & Sarah Ellen Lundy.

The Nora Niland lecture 2023

October 2, 2023

The Nora Niland lecture is hosted annually by Yeats Society Sligo as part of the Yeats Day celebrations, on the poet's birthday, June 13th.

Nobel Words

September 15, 2023

Saturday 7th October @ 1pm A one-act play by Peggy Monahan

Purgatory by WB Yeats

September 4, 2023

Yeats Society Sligo would like to thank the crew and cast of Purgatory for the great performance at the Old Rectory on September 2023.

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.