Yeats Day is celebrated annually in Sligo and around the world on the date of his birthday, June 13th. The day is an opportunity to focus on and celebrate the poetry of this Nobel prize-winning poet. Sligo is central to the celebrations of this day as it was the landscape of the area which so inspired Yeats to write his best known and most loved works.
For the past few years, Sligo Drama Circle has taken part in the celebrations of #YeatsDay, producing recordings of some of the poetry of W. B. Yeats. Again this year, we have six new videos to mark the day. These new videos were filmed on location in scenic areas around Sligo which inspired his poetry.
The videos were all recorded and edited by Damien Quinn. Costumes were by Máire Hynes.
“The White Birds” is read by Robert Fitzpatrick. This poem is from the second W. B. Yeats collection in 1893 “The Rose”. It was filmed on location in Rosses Point, Sligo.
“The Stolen Child” is read by Ann Marie Byrne. This poem is from the first W.B. Yeats collection in 1889, “Crossways”. It was filmed on location in Slish (Sleuth) Wood, Sligo.
“The Song of Wandering Aengus” is read by Damien Quinn. This poem is from the 1899 collection, “The Wind Among the Reeds”. It was filmed on location in Hazelwood, Sligo.
“Red Hanrahan’s Song About Ireland” is read by Máire Hynes. This poem is from the 1904 collection, “In the Seven Woods”. It was filmed on location at Knocknarea, Sligo.
“To a Child Dancing in the Wind”, read by Robert Fitzpatrick, is from the 1914 collection, “Responsibilities”. It was filmed on location in Rosses Point, Sligo.
“The Fiddler of Dooney”, read by Maedhbh Murtagh, is from the 1899 collection, “The Wind Among the Reeds”. It was filmed on location in Dooney Rock, Sligo.
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