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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was not the season that Andrew Heaney was hoping for with the Texas Rangers. After winning the World Series with the club in 2023, the veteran starter returned to the team's rotation again last ...

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 ...

Ulster led 19-4 at half-time but lost Investec Champions Cup Pool 1 clash 40-19 to French heavyweights Bordeaux Begles ...

The great lust of roots. Root-lust. And no mind at all.’ For the third episode in her short series on Stonehenge, Rosemary Hill is joined by Seamus Perry to experience the stone circle through the ...