Seamus Heaney

This episode of WriteStuff features interviews with President Michael D. Higgins and Professor Geraldine Higgins at the opening of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again, a new exhibition featuring Heaney’s archives at the new Bank of Ireland…

President Michael D. Higgins, in his speech to open Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again at the new Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre on College Green commented on the many facets of Heaney, ‘the farmer’s son, the Bellaghy native, the…

Poets, Nobel Laureates, Friends By Ellen Howley Two giants of contemporary poetry sit in a local church contemplating the mural behind the alter, discussing the importance of community life. The location: Roseau Valley on the Caribbean…

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. With that in mind, welcome the newly revivified Lit Review! News Save Heaney Country A Crowdfunder campaign seeks to defend a site featured in several Seamus Heaney…

Lisa Hannigan At Swim I met Lisa Hannigan once, in the literary tent at Electric Picnic. I’m a fan so I asked her how the new album was coming along. Her eyes bulged slightly and she took a sharp intake of breath before saying something…

Happy World Poetry Day! Don't get me wrong. Seamus is The Man. He's a giant. But he's also the default setting when it comes to discussing Irish poetry on the world stage. Seamus and W.B. Yeats. Today, on World Poetry Day, I'd like to…

Let me ask you a question that you don't have to answer. Have you ever had a boyfriend who was really nice and really considerate, but with whom the sex was nonetheless not really amazing because he had a habit of doing things like…