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The Peter Sis-designed tapestry, dedicated to Seamus Heaney and featuring lines of his poetry, that hangs in Dublin Airport.
Professor Iggy McGovern – physicist and poet – sheds light on a phenomenon that finds echoes in one of Seamus Heaney’s best-loved poems...
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The original drawing of the settle bed, used for Seamus Heaney's Christmas card in 1990 (seen below).
This time of year always reminds me of my father’s annual ritual of sending out Christmas cards. Every December, he approached the task with the rigour and planning of a small military operation. First, and most importantly, was the drawing up of the list...
Read moreThis summer, the National Library of Ireland’s landmark exhibition, ‘Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again’ will open at a new cultural space in the Bank of Ireland on College Green. My dream job as curator of this exhibition has been to delve into the amazing literary archive at the NLI, donated by the Heaney family in 2011...
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We are delighted to announce a major new exhibition from the National Library of Ireland devoted to the life and work of Seamus Heaney, opening in Dublin in summer 2018...
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Seamus Heaney (right) at an anti-apartheid demonstration in Dublin, 1985, protesting at the import of South African fruit by Dunnes Stores.
In late August 2002, Seamus Heaney visited South Africa to receive an honorary degree from Rhodes University and to participate in a tribute to Rhodes professor Malvern Van Wyk Smith. It was his first and only trip to Africa...
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