As an undergraduate, Seamus Heaney visited Station Island several times, an ancient pilgrimage site traditionally associated with St Patrick and purgatory. Decades later, Heaney worked through ...

ARCHIVE: Watch Seamus Heaney reciting his work in footage shot ... young writers Her conversion came via one of Heaney's most famous poems, Digging, which she picked up outside the classroom.

A recently discovered archive of previously unseen letters, drawings and poems by Ted Hughes ... and two of the world's most famous poets. Dennis O'Driscoll Seamus Heaney and Barrie Cooke posing ...

The Heaney family continues to do such brilliant work in Seamus’ name, and the mission statement of this prize is such a necessary one. “I believe poetry ... of the very best to do it.” ...