The Yeats Society has had a long standing tradition of supporting students in the study of Yeats. Each year the society provides a number of applicants with financial scholarships.
Opening date for applications
10th October 2022
Full Scholarship
Covers full programme fees and accommodation.
Academic Scholarship
Covers full programme fees (excl. accommodation).
Partial Scholarship
Students who were not awarded full fee-paying scholarships may be offered a partial reduction on programme fees (excl. accommodation).
Una Lappin Scholarship
A special scholarship is being offered for the Yeats Summer School for a student in TY, 5th or 6th year or attending a third-level institution in Sligo.
Presented by the scholar Anne Margaret Daniel, it serves to honour the great service and volunteering spirit of Una Lappin who worked tirelessly over many years to support the School and its many visitors from around the globe.
The Yeats Scholarship
This is a full scholarship, awarded by the patron of the Yeats International Summer School, Caitríona Yeats, granddaughter of WB Yeats.
A full scholarship covers the cost of tuition and accommodation for the School and will be awarded to an outstanding undergraduate or postgraduate student.
The Warwick Gould& Deirdre Toomey Scholarship
Professor Warwick Gould is Professor Emeritus at University of London. He is married to Deirdre Toomey.
This scholarship will be awarded to post-graduate or an independent scholar engaged in original research on WB Yeats resident anywhere in the world outside the UK, EU, USA and Canada who wishes, while in Ireland for the School, to work in Irish libraries and archives. The successful candidate will be expected to give an account to the sponsors of their experience in Sligo and of its value for his or her research project.
Yeats Society Sligo would like to thank all our scholarship sponsors, public and private.
We welcome all applications and we look forward to hearing from you.
The Scholarship Committee will look at all applications and get back to you. The Committee’s decision will be final.
Application Criteria
Full, Academic and Partial Scholarships
Application Criteria
- Be at least 18 years old
- Be a student or tutor at an educational institution at second or third level
- Have good English language skills (suggested B2 or higher as lecture content is often complex)
- Studies in English literature, poetry, Yeats studies, or Irish studies are recommended but not required.
Application Requirements
Your application should specify:
1. A cover letter outlining the following:
- Your interest in WB Yeats
- Your motivation to attend the Summer School
- Details of your own work in relation to the study of Yeats
- If you have attended the Summer School on a previous occasion
2. A recommendation – preferably from your tutor, but alternative recommendations will be accepted
3. CV (optional)
4. An administration fee of €20 should be paid with your application*
Applications should be sent to yeatssummerschool@yeatssociety.com
Please mark your applications clearly in the subject box with ‘Scholarship 2023’
Closing date for applications is March 20th, 2023 at 5pm
*The administration fee of €20 accompanying your application can be sent by:
- Via PayPal using the PayPal button at the bottom of this page
- Bank transfer to: IBAN: IE04 AIBK 9372 5848 7010 66; BIC: AIBKIE2D (AIB Bank, Stephen St, Sligo)
- Cheques/postal orders made payable to Yeats Society Sligo
Una Lappin Scholarship
Application Criteria
- Sligo-based student
- in TY, 5th or 6th year or attending a third-level institution in Sligo are:
Application Requirements
Your application should:
1. Tell us why you would like to attend the Summer School
2. Explain, in not more than 600 words, what WB Yeats means to you
3. Tell us, in not more than 600 words, the significance of volunteering in the local community
The successful student will be expected to write a 600 word piece or a poem about the experience at the Summer School.
Applications should be sent to yeatssummerschool@yeatssociety.com
There is no administration fee for the Una Lappin Scholarship.
Please mark your applications clearly in the subject box with
‘Una Lappin Summer School Scholarship’
Or post to:
Una Lappin Summer School Scholarship
Yeats Society Sligo
Yeats Building
Hyde Bridge
Sligo
Administration Fee
As detailed in the criteria, please submit a €20 administration fee in support of your application via PayPal here.
In the event of a successful application this administration fee will be deducted from any attendance fees. For alternative payment methods, queries or issues please contact us at yeatssummerschool@yeatssociety.com
(Please note: The administration fee is not required for the Una Lappin Scholarship)
