Yeats Exhibition

We are delighted to reopen the Yeats Building on Thursday July 2nd.

We look forward to seeing you again, making you welcome in Sligo and telling the ‘untold’ story of WB Yeats and his family.

Our new opening hours are:

Yeats Exhibition: Wednesday to Saturday 11-3pm (Bookings only required for groups of six or more)

Hyde Bridge Gallery: Tuesday to Saturday 11-3pm

Penny Cafe: Wednesday to Friday 11-4pm

Your safety is our priority and we will be practising social distancing for your protection. However, the 61st Yeats International Summer School will not take place as planned.

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

The Yeats exhibition outlines the Yeats family genealogy, the people and places which were a major influence on the life and career of WB Yeats, the man as well as the poet. View our treasured works room and the wonderful Lily’s writing desk.

Previously unseen colour film of WB Yeats funeral in Sligo

In 2019 Yeats Society Sligo was gifted a previously unseen colour film of WB Yeats funeral in Sligo. The Nobel Laureate died in France in 1939, but his remains were repatriated to Ireland, nearly a decade later, to their final resting place in Drumcliffe, Co Sligo.

This incredible piece of amateur footage was filmed by musician Jimmy Garvey. He never published the film and it lay undiscovered in a box, until it was passed to his nephew, Alan Aston, who very graciously donated it to Yeats Society Sligo.

The film, with footage showing Éamon de Valera, soldiers, local dignitaries, clergymen, lots of townspeople and members of the Yeats family gathering at Drumcliffe, is now a treasured part of the Yeats Exhibition.

When you visit the Yeats Exhibition you can choose to have a guide tell the story of Yeats or watch the film and look at the exhibition panels, photographs and artefacts by yourself.

Talks and short performances can be arranged for larger groups. Advance booking is required, please contact us for further details.

Admission Fee: €3

(includes Yeats brochure)

Opening hours

Wednesday to Saturday 11am – 3pm

Note: Please be aware that our exhibition space is occasionally closed temporarily for events. We will attempt to notify visitors in due course and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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