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Rich literary heritage celebrated at Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering

Coole Park and Thoor Ballylee! The magic of the Autumn Gathering is to bring people together from all corners of the world - to listen and learn, laugh and share, with academics and artists, locals, historians and literary figures; to meet descendants of Lady Gregory and Yeats, renew friendships and make new friends – all enjoying and celebrating the prominent role of Lady Gregory in shaping the theatrical, poetic and cultural life which thrives today.

The magic of the Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering continues at end of month

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Coole Park and Thoor Ballylee! The magic of the Autumn Gathering (to be held this year from September 30 – 1 October 1) is to bring people together from all corners of the world - to listen and learn, laugh and share, with academics and artists, locals, historians and literary figures; to meet descendants of Lady Gregory and Yeats, renew friendships and make new friends – all enjoying and celebrating the prominent role of Lady Gregory in shaping the theatrical, poetic and cultural life which thrives today.

New play celebrates Yeats and his Nobel Prize for Literature

Continuing the centenary events to mark W.B. Yeats winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society is hosting the first of several performances of the new play, “Nobel Words”.

New Island set to publish Yeats Nobel Prize commemorative biography by Daniel Mulhall this October

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New Island are delighted to announce they will publish Pilgrim Soul - W.B. Yeats and the Ireland of his Time by former ambassador of Ireland to the United States Daniel Mulhall this October. The book marks the centenary of Yeats’s Nobel Prize, a timely guide to the work of Ireland’s national poet and the changing Ireland he lived through.

Gort celebrates teens who have earned ‘music for life’ with ‘Coole’ ceremony

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Nine teenagers from across Co Galway and Co Clare are to be celebrated this Sunday at the Coole Music Gala Concert 2023, for their great achievements in earning their ‘music for life’ badge.

Preparations continue as Brian Friel classic to grace Athlone Little Theatre stage

Preparations continue apace as Athlone Little Theatre imminently commences their 2023 season with the Brian Friel classic, 'Philadelphia, Here I Come!'.

Yeats College class jubilant after results

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The Yeats College class of 2022 were jubilant as they received their long-awaited Leaving Certificate results on Friday. Results achieved by students in this year’s examinations were truly phenomenal, with over 62% of students achieving 500 points or higher this year. Indeed 45% of its students achieved over 550 points. A magnificent 19% of students scored over 600 points, which is an amazing achievement.

A former president learns a lesson about theatre craft

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Nothing shut the mouths of the Irish yahoos faster than to see Augusta Lady Gregory enter the Maxine Elliot Theatre, New York, arm in arm with Teddy Roosevelt, probably America’s greatest president. Their jaws must have hit the floor in amazement as they were well prepared for a total assault on the Abbey Theatre’s presentation of the Playboy of the Western World, and on its ‘pensioner’ spokesperson Lady Gregory.

Yeats county men first up for Mayo

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All roads lead north for Mayo on Saturday for their Connacht Senior Football Championship opener against Sligo in Markievicz Park which throws in at 4.30pm.

New Galway made documentary explores Lady Gregory’s role in the Abbey Theatre

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THREE NUI Galway students - from Ireland, India, and Turkey - will this week launch their new documentary on one of Galway’s most remarkable women - Lady Augusta Gregory.

 

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