Whatever it means to be Irish—whatever qualities of heart and mind, whatever generosity and love for the very earth and rocks ...

Poet Seamus Heaney eventually became somewhat of a second father to Caitlin Flanagan, guiding her through the years and ...

Adrian Frazier’s no-holds-barred biography of the American-born Irish poet acknowledges the cost of a life turned ‘into the achievement of poetry’ ...

Perhaps since Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, poets have been using prose to understand how poems and poetry work. Something about the procedures of prose, its civilities and ...

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 ...

Join English PEN, Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann and the Estate of Seamus Heaney for the announcement of the winner of the inaugural PEN Heaney Prize at Queen’s University, Belfast. Launched in 2024, the ...

Who should I draft for fantasy baseball? This is a common question we all ask ourselves during fantasy baseball draft season. That's why we put together this simple but very useful tool to compare ...

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 ...

Anne Applebaum provided an important reminder that some Supreme Court justices appear loyal to President Donald Trump and not ...