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THE YEATS WEEKEND WINTER SCHOOL PROGRAMME, SLIGO

Friday 25th January 2008  
  Check into the Sligo Park Hotel at leisure.
8.30 pm Welcome Gathering and introductions, followed by music and getting to know one another.
Saturday 26th January 2008  

9.30 am

 

11.15 am

Lecture: "The Middle-aged Yeats".

Professor Nicholas Grene at Sligo Park Hotel.

Lecture: 'A poet's view of Yeats'.

Harry Clifton, at the Yeats Memorial Building

2.30 pm

Reconvene at the Yeats Memorial Building. Depart for tour of Lough Gill, returning at 5.30pm to the Sligo Park Hotel.

7.00 pm Gather for Dinner
8.30.p.m.                                    Poetry Reading: Harry Clifton, at Sligo Park Hotel.
Sunday 27th January 2008  
10.30 am

Lecture: "Yeats the Ventriloquist".

Professor Nicholas Grene at Sligo Park Hotel

12.30 pm Lunch.
2.00 pm Depart for visit to Lisadell and Drumcliffe Church and Yeats's grave.