Yeats day being celebrated in Sligo
Yeats Day is being celebrated in Sligo today. The 155th birthday of the Nobel Prize winning Poet, W.B. Yeats, is today and the Yeats Society in Sligo are marking it with a new takeaway ‘Coffee Hatch’ in the Yeats Building. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the 61st Yeats International…
Sligo gets ready for Yeats Day
Sligo’s sixth annual Yeats day will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, June 13th. It’s a celebration of the Nobel Laureate’s birthday. There’ll be poetry in abundance in church yards and pubs, as well as music and visual arts. Among the biggest attractions of the event every year is the traditional cutting…
Fifth annual Yeats Day festival taking place this weekend
The 5th annual Yeats Day festival continues this weekend with a number of events taking place across Sligo and to commemorate one of Ireland’s most famous poets. The festival which commenced last night will run until Monday which is the 151st birthday of the Nobel Prize winning poet. Chairperson of…