A “Bloomsday” reading of “Ulysses”, by James Joyce in the Yeats Building, Sligo. The reading, by Paul Murray, was part of the YeatsDay festival
#Bloomsday
#YeatsDay
A reading at the Yeats Building, Sligo
WHEN YOU ARE OLD When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
When you are old and grey and full of sleep
-W B Yeats (1893)
though the Yeats poem for the moment would be ‘The Second Coming’ (Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;) —
always, always read love poems in hard times.
#everynightapoem #YeatsDay
That is no country for old men. The young
In one another’s arms, birds in the trees
Those dying generations at their song
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas
Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long
Whatever is begotten, born & dies.
—William Butler Yeats
#YeatsDay #BornOnThisDay
Recorded for #yeatsday a few years ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B24I...
The full quote in context, where Yeats hopes for an Ireland in which Gaelic myths nourish imaginations, while Berkeley and Burke nourish the intellect.
www.irishphilosophy.com/2015/06/13/y...
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Happy Birthday Yeats.
"Berkeley proved that the world was a vision, and Burke that the State was a tree".
Wouldn't go to Yeats for politics in general, but its interesting to reflect on the state as a tree in these days, a thing evolved, not to be hacked at wildly.
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• ‘We Irish’ in Europe: Yeats, Berkeley & Hone
• Bearing Witness: Essays on Anglo-Irish Literature
• The Unappeasable Host: Studies in Irish Identities
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'Now that my ladder's gone
I must lie down where all the ladders start
In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart' William Butler Yeats BOTD 1865 #yeatsday
Happy Yeats Day! 🌿
To celebrate, UCD Press is offering 30% OFF our books about Yeats AND James Joyce, whose commemorative Bloomsday Festival is occurring simultaneously.
📚 Browse our selection of Yeats and Joyce titles: bit.ly/ucdpress-yeats-joyce
🪶 #YeatsDay @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
Happy #YeatsDay. For many, Ireland's most revered poet was born 160 years ago in Dublin #OnThisDay
#IrishSky #SpeirGhorm
Happy 160th Birthday, WB Yeats!
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Read/ Recite a Yeats Poem.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips, & take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time & times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
W.B. #Yeats #Yeatsday
Cover of Yeats’s Selected Poetry published in 1974.
On the grey rock of Cashel the mind’s eye
Has called up the cold spirits that are born
When the old moon is vanished from the sky
And the new still hides her horn.
Under blank eyes and fingers never still
The particular is pounded until it is man.
W.B. #Yeats #Yeatsday
2) We had the pleasure of hosting Dan on the #podcast last Jan, where we delved into his book and the remarkable life of the poet. Dan’s admiration for Yeats and understanding of the poet’s complex era shines through
#IrishPodcast #YeatsDay #SpéirGhorm
www.irishstewpodcast.com/s5e22-dan-mu...
1) Tomorrow we celebrate William Butler Yeats’ 160th birthday.
If you’re interested in developing a deeper understanding of the poet and his times, we recommend ‘Pilgrim Soul’ by @danmulhall.bsky.social
#YeatsDay #Poetry #IrishHistory #IrishBiography #BookSky
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This Friday celebrate Yeats Day!
You can join in the annual #YeatsDay challenge by recording your favourite Yeats poem and posting it to social media using the hashtag #YeatsDay
#Yeatsday is fast approaching - 13 June - and #Bloomsday too - 16 June. Check out my #Joyce and #Yeats books from @NewIslandBooks. Buy one or both of them at a 40% discount with the code MULHALL40.
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Benbulben Sligo, with yellow brown storm clouds covering its lid like a ghost.
“Irish poets, learn your trade, Sing whatever is well made, Scorn the sort now growing up
All out of shape from toe to top,
Their unremembering hearts and heads
Base-born products of base beds.”
-WB Yeats
June 13th …
#poetry #yeats #yeatsday #ireland #photography
yeatssocietysligo
Join us at the Yeats Building Sligo to celebrate the life and legacy of W. B YEATS for the 14th annual Yeats Day taking place from 12th to 15th June 2025.
Four days of poetry, art music and magic.
www.yeatssociety.com
#yeatsday #wbyeats
yeatssocietysligo
Join us at the Yeats Building Sligo to celebrate the life and legacy of W. B YEATS for the 14th annual Yeats Day taking place from 12th to 15th June 2025.
Four days of poetry, art music and magic.
www.yeatssociety.com
#yeatsday #wbyeats
yeatssocietysligo
Join us at the Yeats Building Sligo to celebrate the life and legacy of W. B YEATS for the 14th annual Yeats Day taking place from 12th to 15th June 2025.
Four days of poetry, art music and magic.
www.yeatssociety.com
#yeatsday #wbyeats
yeatssocietysligo
Join us at the Yeats Building Sligo to celebrate the life and legacy of W. B YEATS for the 14th annual Yeats Day taking place from 12th to 15th June 2025.
Four days of poetry, art music and magic.
www.yeatssociety.com
#yeatsday #wbyeats
yeatssocietysligo Join us at the Yeats Building Sligo to celebrate the life and legacy of W. B YEATS for the 14th annual Yeats Day taking place from 12th to 15th June 2025.
Four days of poetry, art music and magic.
www.yeatssociety.com
#yeatsday #wbyeats
At the Yeats Building,Sligo
#YeatsDay
#YeatsDayFestival : The 14th one!
Do #YeatsDay, celebrate Yeats’s birthday, then travel to Dublin for Bloomsday, on the 16th June
