Join us for the 28th annual Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering 2022!
Saturday 24 September 2022
0930-1600 (Coole Time)
and
Sunday 25 September 2022
1000-1400 (Thoor Ballylee Time)
In Coole Park, Lady Gregory provided the space and support needed by the literary giants of the time to shape the nation’s artistic and literary response to events. At Thoor Ballylee WB Yeats wrote some of his finest poems responding to monumental national events like the Irish Civil War. The magic of the Autumn Gathering is to bring people together from all corners of the world – to listen and learn, laugh and share, with academics and artists, local historians and literary figures; to meet descendants of Lady Gregory and Yeats, renew friendships and make new friends – all enjoying and celebrating the prominent role of Lady Gregory in shaping the theatrical, poetic and cultural life which thrives today.
After registration from 9.30, to mark the 90th anniversary of Lady Gregory, Jane Murray Brown, Great-Granddaughter of Lady Gregory, will formally open the Gathering at Coole Park Visitor Centre on Saturday at 10.00 and cut the famous Barm Brack. Barry Houlihan, Archivist NUIG, will Chair the Gathering. Christopher Griffin, Smithsonian Journeys Lecturer, will speak of Gregory, Yeats, and the Political Violence in the Gort Area 1919-1923. Dr. Cecily O’Neill, Author and international authority on Drama Education and Theatre, will present Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man: Letters of John B. Yeats from New York. Ella Swift Redding, a self-confessed Lady Gregory ‘SuperNerd’ since her Master’s thesis at Trinity College, and Creatrix of Burly Mermaid Media, will present Revolutions Ahead — Augusta Gregory’s Bold Spin with Victorian Bicycling. Enjoy the Open Forum with our speakers and Robin Murray Brown, Great-great Grandson of Lady Gregory, and a guided walk in Coole Park Nature Reserve courtesy of the National Parks & Wildlife Service.
On Sunday at 10.00 in Thoor Ballylee, Ronnie O’Gorman, Director Autumn Gathering and Thoor Ballylee, will share The Unexpected Gift of Books. Anna O’Donnell, Chair Thoor Ballylee, will speak about the Mill Wheel Restoration and the Biodiversity Project at Thoor Ballylee, including George’s Garden and WB’s Poetry! Also, a second staging of Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man: Letters of John B. Yeats from New York will be held in the tower.
Saturday Cost: €60 per person, tea/coffee/barm brack break included. Lunch can be purchased in Coole Park Tearooms. Candlelight Dinner and Entertainment in Coole on Saturday evening at 1900 – €75 per person. Please advise your guest numbers asap.
Sunday Cost: €20 per person, tea/coffee break and lunch included; pay at door of Thoor Ballylee.
For full details please go to https://autumngathering.com/programme/
For booking, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/lady-gregory-yeats-autumn-gathering-2022-tickets-414867859937
To advance book the Thoor Ballylee Sunday leg go to: Thoor Ballylee Gregory gathering eventbrite
You can also contact the event organiser on:
Marion Cox email: monaleen@msn.com Tel: 086-8053917. https://autumngathering.com
We look forward to welcoming you!
Thoor Ballylee 