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 ... In the cover story, Caitlin explores Heaney as a person and poet, and the extraordinary impact that he and his wife, Marie, had on her.

“The Four Irish Nobel Literary Laureates”—William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney—in cast bronze by internationally noted Irish ... The sculpture is a gift from Burns ...

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.

In The Irish Times this Saturday, Claire Connolly explores the world and legacy of Somerville & Ross and there is a Q&A with Giles Foden about his career and latest novel, Thirst. As Notre Dame ...

Seamus McGuinness is a research professor and the research area co-ordinator for labour market research at the Economic and Social Research Institute. Most of his published research has been in ...

The Saved and the Spurned' is a meticulously researched account of the plight of persecuted Jews who sought refuge in ...

I had a column titled Poems by Heart. The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due course. (Thank ...