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The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society, in partnership with the Galway Culture Company, is hosting an Artist-in-Residence programme this summer at Thoor Ballylee, W.B. Yeats’s summer home near Gort, County Galway.

The castle home of WB Yeats was the location for the launch of a major new poetry competition to mark the 100th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to the renowned Irish poet.

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.

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.

The final curtain came down on the relationship between Annie Horniman and the Abbey Theatre in the days following the death of Edward VII on May 6 1910. It was customary that on the death of a British monarch all theatres would close as a mark of respect. Dublin theatres were expected to uphold that tradition, and indeed they did, the only exception on this occasion was the Abbey Theatre.

The highly successful Yeats College Christmas Revision Courses take place this year from the Monday December 30 to Saturday January 4 (excluding New Year’s Day) and are designed to provide students with a comprehensive and thorough preparation for their Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations. The revision courses have always been extremely popular, and the College is currently reporting a significant increase in demand with limited places remaining.

ENGLISHWOMAN, IRISH republican, suffragette, activist, actor, writer, and muse to WB Yeats, Maud Gonne was one of the most prominent figures in late 19th and early 20th century Ireland.

YEATS' TOWER at Thoor Ballylee, near Gort, is the setting for an exhibition and literary event, The Roots Of Your Refuge, where eight Galway poets, writers, and visual artists explore the theme of sanctuary.

Two remarkable women, overshadowed by two remarkable brothers, were remembered on Sunday at the opening of The Studio, a meeting and workplace for artists and craftspeople, at Thoor Ballylee, in south Galway.

Galway City Council last weekend hosted a Reception to honour the Twinning of the City of Galway with the Irish Naval vessel the L.É. William Butler Yeats.