9th – 13th June 2023
Yeats Day celebrations this year will mark William Butler Yeats 158th birthday – and the Centenary of his Nobel Prize award, made in 1923.
Download the Yeats Day 2023 Programme
Friday 9th June
The Niland Lecture
My Sligo; My Yeats – Eily Kilgannon
Venue: The Yeats Building
Time: 7pm
Entry: €5
Saturday 10th June
Talk
Holy Wells & Sacred Waters – Tamyln McHugh, Archaeologist
Venue: The Yeats Building
Time: 11am
Entry: €5
Birthday Fun!
Juggler, face painting and more
Event cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
Yeats Poetry Walk
Venue: Meet at Hazelwood Car Park
Time: 3pm
Entry: Free event.
Poetry Performance – Kilgallon School of Performers
Venue: Yeats Garden
Time: 4pm-5pm
Entry: Free event. Limited space.
Fusion Music – Catmelodeon
Event cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
Sunday 11th June
Lolly Yeats – inspired watercolour class with Rebecca Massey
Event cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
Picnic & Poetry at Dooney Rock
Event cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
Tuesday 13th June
Cake cutting
Venue: The Yeats Building
Time: 1pm
Entry: Free event.
