We were fucked. But then—like a dream, like a magic fish bone—word arrived from Belfast that Seamus and Marie Heaney were coming down for the event, and that Seamus would write a poem.

She writes: “Seamus gave me the one thing I desperately needed growing up in that crazy family: my certificate of belonging.” In 1970, Heaney arrived in California with his family to spend the ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! BBC presenter John Toal, of Radio Ulster and BBC Radio 3, will broadcast live from Seamus Heaney HomePlace in the village of Bellaghy this ...

For our December event we have arranged a screening of the 1970 film Ulster in Focus: A Christmas Garland. We will also be looking at some of the Christmas cards made and sent by Heaney.

Dickey was revealed as the winner at a ceremony on Monday evening (2nd December) held at the Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast, in partnership with the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s.

John Toal introduces seasonal music, features and live performances from pianist Michael McHale and folk musician Nodlaig Ní Bhrollaigh at The Seamus Heaney HomePlace. Show more Join John Toal at ...

A signed first edition of Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney and published in 1999, for €950 is another. Also consider a bound 1920s American edition of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol ...

and I even took a class my freshman year of college that was essentially a comparative reading of Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf and Tolkien's The Hobbit. That being said, I'm confident in ...

What awards has Beowulf Boritt won? Beowulf Boritt has won several prestigious awards, including Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for New York, New York. He also ...