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Seamus Heaney Reads His Poem, ‘Digging’
Irish poet Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature ... Watch a recording of Mr. Heaney giving a reading of his poem, “Digging”, at Villanova University in April 2010.
Digging Up History – Frank McNally on the McMahon, and other once-famous spades
“The Oul’ McMahons’ Spade”, a 1973 epic by Matt Duggan, also features in McKeagney’s book, although its last verse implies ...
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The Atlantic’s January Cover Story: Caitlin Flanagan on What the Poet Seamus Heaney Gave Her
The families were so close that on the occasion of Caitlin and her sister’s baptisms into the Catholic Church in 1971, Heaney wrote the girls a poem. Caitlin writes, “When Seamus stood up and ...
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This event is a collaboration between NMNI and Seamus Heaney HomePlace Centre, as part of a programme of events to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Heaney’s poetry collection _North_.