Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013
10:00 am
John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I have a question on the Yeats collection in the National Library of Ireland. The 21 June 2016 will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats. I must compliment the library on the wonderful exhibition in the National Library located next door. Will the exhibition or any aspect of it be brought to Sligo to mark the event? In Sligo we have the Model Gallery which houses the Niland collection. The National Library has housed a permanent exhibition on Yeats for years but its real home should be in Sligo. The exhibit could go on a worldwide tour as Yeats is one of the greatest Irish poets. Are there plans to bring the exhibit to Sligo?
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