Held in two venues - Wembley Stadium, London, and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia - and attended by over 150,000 audience members in total, the live television broadcast of the “Global Jukebox” used cutting edge technology to unite almost 2 billion viewers across 150 countries in a shared experience and raised millions for famine relief in Africa.

The NLI will host a special event to mark the 40th Anniversary of Live Aid and the launch of online access to the Live Aid photographic archive, which is part of the Band Aid Trust Archive, generously donated to the NLI in by Bob Geldof in 2017.

Join our Director, Dr Audrey Whitty, music journalist and author, Andrew Wild and journalist, Bairbre Power, who attended Live Aid Wembley, as they share their thoughts, insights, and memories of an unforgettable day. 

The exhibition draws on items from the National Library of Ireland’s Yeats Collection, the largest collections of books, manuscripts and personal items relating to WB Yeats in the world.

Explore Yeats’ many interests – Ireland, literature, folklore, theatre, politics, mysticism and the occult. Exhibition highlights include manuscripts of many of Yeats’ most beloved poems including “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” and “Easter, 1916”, his Nobel Prize medal, personal artefacts from Yeats’ school reports to a cherished carved piece of lapis lazuli, remarkable photographs of Yeats and his family and friends, and much more.

Exhibition opening hours

Monday, Thursday & Friday: 9.30am - 5pm (last admission 4.30pm) Tuesday - Wednesday: 9.30am - 7pm (last admission 6.30pm) Saturday - Sunday: 9.30am - 5pm (last admission 4.30pm) Public Holiday Mondays: 12pm - 5pm (last admission 4.30pm)