This year will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats who is perhaps Ireland's greatest poet, though I'm sure others would argue the toss and there's a Nobel prize winner or two out there for competition.. He is certainly the most popular or well known and I would imagine anywhere you'd go in the world someone could recite a verse or two of one of his poems. There is, as the website says, a unique cultural programme of events throughout 2015 to mark this occasion and celebrate his life, work and legacy. There are national and regional art exhibitions, performances, festivals, readings, talks and screenings and details to be had at Link and well worth a look. What's your favourite then? Talking to a guy from California once and he remembered being taught "September 1913" going to school. Heard Leonard Cohen recite a verse of "In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz" and I remember Gemma McGowan singing "The Song of Wandering Aengus" at the launch of our book and there's a nursing home close by with a poem or two of his along the walls. Go back and click on that link! The book above was written and compiled by O.B. Duane and published by Brockhampton Press.
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