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Sol Art presents – ‘Crazy Jane’ Exhibition by Pádraic Reaney
A solo exhibition of paintings and prints by Pádraic Reaney in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats CRAZY JANE Sol Art presents ‘Crazy Jane’, an exhibition of paintings and prints by Pádraic Reaney based on poems WB Yeats wrote in his later years based on an eccentric old woman, ‘Crazy Jane’. In the poems Jane’s chance for love is ruined by an interfering bishop, who conspired to keep her and her lover Jack apart –…
Find out more »Public tours: The Life and Work of William Butler Yeats at NLI
The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats Exhibition on the first Thursday of each month from March - October 2015. As this year marks the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth in 1835, the tour will introduce the life and work of the poet. Tours will take place on March 5th, April 2nd, May 7th, June 4th, June 11th, June 18th, June 25th, July 2nd, August 6th, September 3rd, October 1st. Tours commence at 2pm. Booking is not required…
Find out more »Talk on WB Yeats in Gorey Library
“Does ‘to set it out in a verse’, ‘risk blasphemy’?”: Reading W.B. Yeats’ ‘Easter 1916’ alongside Seamus Heaney’s ‘The Tollund Man.’ In this presentation and seminar by Dr. Derek Coyle, we will read two classic poems by Ireland’s Noble prize winning poets, W.B. Yeats’ ‘Easter 1916’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘The Tollund Man’. There is more than one good reason to read them side by side, as both poems are born out of traumatic events in Irish history, the Easter Rebellion…
Find out more »The Joseph Hassett Yeats Lecture at NLI
Thursday 11 June, 7pm The Joseph Hassett Yeats Lecture: “Players and Painted Stage”: The Drama of Yeats’s Life. This year’s Joseph Hassett Yeats lecture will be given by Professor Roy Foster. Booking required. Reserve a place: http://yeatslecturenli.eventbrite.com Furtherinformation from NLI National Library of Ireland
Find out more »Yeats Day at Dalkey Book Festival
Dalkey Book Festival, described by Salman Rushdie as “the best little festival in the world”, takes place every year in June. It will feature a series of special events for Yeats Day on 12-13 June.
Find out more »History Ireland Hedge School at NLI
Friday 12 June, 7pm Join history Ireland editor, Tommy Graham, for a panel discussion on Yeats 150 with Roy Foster, Catriona Crowe, P.J. Mathews with readings by Theo Dorgan. Further Information from NLI The National Library of Ireland
Find out more »Afternoon Tea & Poetry Reading at the Merrion
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ireland’s most famous poet and first Noble Prize winner, W.B. Yeats, The Merrion Hotel has announced a special “Yeats Season” for the entire month of June that includes offerings from a Yeats-inspired Afternoon Tea and new Clover Club cocktail to a celebratory accommodation package called ‘150 Years of Yeats’ which includes the tea, the cocktail, an overnight stay and optional private guided tour with a Yeats enthusiast. On June 6th,…
Find out more »Yeats Day Celebrations at Sandymount Green
The Love Story of Maud Gonne & WB Yeats, Saturday 13th June at 11.30am, Sandymount Green, Dublin
Find out more »Walking Tour – Yeats on Bloomsday
Yeats on Bloomsday, Dublin June 13th
Find out more »Yeats Birthday celebration: Celebrate the birthday at NLI!
Saturday 13 June, 2-5pm 2 – 4pm: Music in the front hall with Denise Kelly- McDonnell harp, Ellen Cranitch flute, Jane Hughes cello. Niall MacMonagle will introduce a selection of Yeats’s poems read by students from the Poetry Aloud competition. Follow the Yeats trail to find the places in the library that are associated with the poet. 4.00pm: ‘The Poet and the Library: Yeats and the National Library of Ireland’ – this short talk by Katherine McSharry of the NLI explores Yeats's links with the National Library. Visit the…
Find out more »W B Yeats 150th Celebration at Carnegie Arts Centre Kenmare
Saturday 13th June 2015 @ 7pm Tickets: €10 - includes Tea & Coffee A celebration of the life and works of W B Yeats Further Information from Carnegie Arts Centre Kenmare
Find out more »Yeats & Joyce in Music, Poetry and Story
To mark the 150th anniversary of Yeats’ birth, the James Joyce Centre is very pleased to present this special evening celebrating the lives and works of two giants of modern Irish literature. Yeats was one of Joyce’s earliest supporters and Joyce in turn acknowledged Yeats as among the greatest of modern poets. They each plotted their own course and established themselves as the leading voices of their generations at a time of great change in Ireland, but theirs was a…
Find out more »Songs from the Swans at Coole at The Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire
To mark the 150th Birthday of W.B. Yeats in 2015, Michael Scott has composed a new song cycle exploring his poetry focusing on the development of the Irish state and his unrequited love for Maude Gonne. Poems include Innisfree, Sailing to Byzantium, When You are Old, The Sorrow of Love, No Second Troy, September 1913. Deirdre Donnelly and Des Cave will read a selection of poetry and singers Yvonne Brennan (Soprano) and Anthony Norton (Tenor) will sing the new musical…
Find out more »KBC Great Music in Irish Houses’ Dublin Musical Saunter 2015 and WB Yeats
Dublin Sunday June 14th.
Find out more »A Public Talk at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
A talk by Margarita Cappock, Deputy Director and Head of Collections, followed by a discussion about the paintings and people who inspired Yeats’ celebrated poem.
Find out more »Public tours: The Life and Work of William Butler Yeats at NLI
The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats Exhibition on the first Thursday of each month from March - October 2015. As this year marks the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth in 1835, the tour will introduce the life and work of the poet. Tours will take place on March 5th, April 2nd, May 7th, June 4th, June 11th, June 18th, June 25th, July 2nd, August 6th, September 3rd, October 1st. Tours commence at 2pm. Booking is not required…
Find out more »Loughrea Camera Club – Photographs Inspired by the Poetry of WB Yeats
An exhibition of photographs,inspired by the poetry of W.B.Yeats.Follow the art trail from the library,and see photographs displayed in various shop windows around the town of Loughrea.
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