Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney 1939-2013 – “The space we stood around had been emptied” (Clearances, The Haw Lantern, 1987)

Naval Service ship names row may reopen

Naval Service ship names row may reopen

No decision yet on naming third new Naval patrol ship after another literary figure

By Lorna SigginsMon Jun 09 2014 - 20:50

Queen-McGuinness handshake was ‘most remarkable sign’ - Hillary Clinton

Queen-McGuinness handshake was ‘most remarkable sign’ - Hillary Clinton

Former US secretary of state says gesture unimaginable just a few years previously

By Simon CarswellMon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00

Leaving Cert English 2: Heaney goes astray

Leaving Cert English 2: Heaney goes astray

Writer shows up Unseen Poetry and not in Prescribed Poetry - as many were expecting

By Louise HoldenThu Jun 05 2014 - 18:40

Leaving Cert English paper 1: the verdict

Students thrown by Heaney’s surprise appearance

By Peter McGuireWed Jun 04 2014 - 15:00

Brought to Book: Vona Groarke on the unbearable lightness of reviews

Brought to Book: Vona Groarke on the unbearable lightness of reviews

‘What has being a writer taught me? Precision. Restraint. Slyness. Envy. Thrift. The value of a good noun’

By Martin DoyleFri May 30 2014 - 01:00

Eimear McBride wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish novel of the year award

Eimear McBride wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish novel of the year award

‘A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing’ author has already won Goldsmiths Prize and been shortlisted for Baileys, Folio and Desmond Elliott prizes

By Martin DoyleWed May 28 2014 - 20:00

‘The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013’ review: The Caribbean delivered with wit and colour

‘The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013’ review: The Caribbean delivered with wit and colour

Walcott’s range went from Marley to Pryor and from Gauguin to Yeats

By John McAuliffeSat May 10 2014 - 01:00

Word for Word: Let the ears of your ears awake

Word for Word: Let the ears of your ears awake

Hearing a Philip Larkin poem on his car radio caused Roger McGough to pull in and weep uncontrollably

By Maureen KennellySat May 10 2014 - 01:00

Impac winner Jon McGregor is big draw on European Literature Night

Impac winner Jon McGregor is big draw on European Literature Night

MacGill Summer School and West Cork Literary Festival news

By Sarah GilmartinFri May 09 2014 - 15:01

Linen and the fabric of history

Linen and the fabric of history

An Irishman’s Diary on flax and fibres

By Bruce ClarkTue May 06 2014 - 01:01

A magnificent tribute to Seamus Heaney

A magnificent tribute to Seamus Heaney

The fearless beauty of his poetry shone out of every aspect of the National Concert Hall celebration

By Catriona CroweWed Apr 30 2014 - 12:20

‘This is very, very potent work. It’s got an incredible energy’

‘This is very, very potent work. It’s got an incredible energy’

The painter and activist Felim Egan, who was aboard the Irish boat ‘Saoirse’ when it was boarded by Israeli commandos, is bringing art from Gaza around Ireland

By Eoin ButlerSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00

Living in a Coded Land

Living in a Coded Land

By Tara BradyFri Apr 25 2014 - 00:00

Poetry in motion: tapestry tribute to Seamus Heaney

Poetry in motion: tapestry tribute to Seamus Heaney

The tribute to Heaney, which was paid for by a group of the poet’s admirers, including Paul Simon and Bono, is bringing colour to Dublin airport

By Kathy SheridanSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00

Higgins cites ‘stripping away layers of troubled past’

Higgins cites ‘stripping away layers of troubled past’

President reflects on positives of four-day state visit

By Mark HennessySat Apr 12 2014 - 07:52

Higgins emphasises economic ties in Guildhall speech

Higgins emphasises economic ties in Guildhall speech

President tells 700 guests at banquet that cultural, economic and social links now ‘flow so evenly and naturally’

By Mark HennessyThu Apr 10 2014 - 09:12

Another step on Galway’s stairway to heaven

Another step on Galway’s stairway to heaven

An Irishwoman’s Diary about literary voices old and new

By Lorna SigginsMon Apr 07 2014 - 01:01

‘Calvary’ takes best actor and writer awards at IFTAs

‘Calvary’ takes best actor and writer awards at IFTAs

Story of rural priest is star of annual film and television event in Dublin

By Ronan McGreevySun Apr 06 2014 - 13:52

‘I don’t understand all the moaning about Seamus Heaney. His poetry didn’t rhyme’

‘I don’t understand all the moaning about Seamus Heaney. His poetry didn’t rhyme’

By Rosita BolandSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00

Paul Simon coming to Dublin in April for Heaney tribute

Paul Simon coming to Dublin in April for Heaney tribute

Singer joins the stellar line-up at One City, One Book concert

By Laurence MackinFri Apr 04 2014 - 10:19

Word for Word: Trains and poems go far together

Word for Word: Trains and poems go far together

By Maureen KennelllySat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00

Dublin book event to celebrate capital city in verse and song

One City One Book festival described as ‘world-leading example’ of how to promote literature

By Éanna Ó CaollaíWed Mar 26 2014 - 11:56

Television: Of mice and men – how a cartoon drew Billy Connolly and Seamus Heaney together

Television: Of mice and men – how a cartoon drew Billy Connolly and Seamus Heaney together

The comedian and the poet join forces for an animated series of fables that also captures their camaraderie

By Bernice HarrisonSat Mar 15 2014 - 01:00

New annual Irish portrait prize worth €20,000 announced

New annual Irish portrait prize worth €20,000 announced

Hennessy join forces with National Gallery of Ireland in new award

By Aidan DunneWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:13

Abstract expressionist artist Barrie Cooke dies in Co Carlow

Abstract expressionist artist Barrie Cooke dies in Co Carlow

Painter was based in Ireland since 1954 and was a leading contemporary artist

By Aidan DunneThu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00

Marie Jones: the people’s playwright

Marie Jones: the people’s playwright

The unashamed populism in her writing – including her best-loved play, ‘Stones in His Pockets’, which is back in Dublin – belies the intelligence of the Belfast writer’s work

By Fionola MeredithWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00

Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAs

Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAs

Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson nominated in the best actor category

By Donald ClarkeThu Feb 27 2014 - 13:46

Word for Word: Poetry’s inspirational ubiquity

Word for Word: Poetry’s inspirational ubiquity

Whether in a book or on ‘Mad Men’, ‘Breaking Bad’ or ‘The Simpsons’, poems change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world

By Maureeen KennellySat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00

Living here: A year in the miraculous Wicklow landscape

Living here: A year in the miraculous Wicklow landscape

For three centuries poets and painters of the loftiest reputations have been drawn into the magically timeless clutches of this Wicklow retreat. For me, it fell into my clutches, by cosmic coincidence, when I sold my house in the Dublin Mountains in December 2012 and needed a place to stay

By Ian O'RiordanThu Feb 06 2014 - 00:00

The end of Yeats: work and women in his last days in France

The end of Yeats: work and women in his last days in France

Yeats had a late creative surge – including ‘one of the greatest ever death-bed utterances’ – before he died surrounded by his muses in France 75 years ago

By Lara MarloweTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00

Rebel hearts beat with the ‘poetry of vitality’

Rebel hearts beat with the ‘poetry of vitality’

The essence of the Mexican Zapatista revolutionaries dwells in the work of Oscar Oliva, a poet and a political intermediary

By Keith PayneSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00

Heaney would be happy: new Irish literature chair at TCD

Heaney would be happy: new Irish literature chair at TCD

Chris Morash today becomes the first Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, funded by philanthropists

By Arminta WallaceMon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00

Learning through art, for life’s sake

Learning through art, for life’s sake

Education People: Teacher Gemma Tierney gives art lessons with a difference using Amnesty International’s art programme for schools, Voice Our Concern

By Louise HoldenTue Jan 14 2014 - 03:00

Irish poet Sinéad Morrissey wins prestigious TS Eliot Prize

Irish poet Sinéad Morrissey wins prestigious TS Eliot Prize

Belfast poet’s fifth collection described as politically, historically and personally ambitious

By Eoin Burke-KennedyMon Jan 13 2014 - 21:57

Paintings of taoisigh stick to the middle of the road

Paintings of taoisigh stick to the middle of the road

Some of our best artists have created uninspiring portraits of former leaders

By Aidan DunneMon Jan 06 2014 - 01:00

Northern Ireland’s protests, parades and past – and a party president with no plans to go away

Northern Ireland’s protests, parades and past – and a party president with no plans to go away

It was a bad year for Gerry Adams, but the North has experienced many much worse years

By Gerry MoriartySat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00

Christmas, love and charity

Tue Dec 24 2013 - 01:00

Solstice pilgrims hail greatest show in living memory

Solstice pilgrims hail greatest show in living memory

Last-minute appearance by sun at Newgrange proves masterful

By Eileen BattersbyMon Dec 23 2013 - 06:02

Where’s home for emigrants?

Irish people who have moved abroad explain their complicated relationship with homes old and new

By Ciara KennySat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00

#Lapgate and #Royalbaby among top trends for Irish tweeters

#Lapgate and #Royalbaby among top trends for Irish tweeters

Twitter’s most talked about news stories in Ireland for 2013 includes Roma and Angelina Jolie

By Genevieve CarberyThu Dec 12 2013 - 18:11

Nailing their colours to the mast

Nailing their colours to the mast

Ulster, Irish, British or European? In Mark Carruthers’s new book about identity in Northern Ireland, artists’ insights are richer than politicians’

By Gerry MoriartySat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00

Mealy’s backtracks on ‘Hitler watercolour’

Mealy’s backtracks on ‘Hitler watercolour’

Mealy’s withdraws catalogue description ‘attributed to Adolf Hitler’ citing ‘difficulties associated with accurately attributing his work’

By Michael ParsonsSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00

DIT honours Chieftains for outstanding contribution to music

DIT honours Chieftains for outstanding contribution to music

DIT president stresses group’s role ‘in bringing Irish culture to new audiences around world’

Sat Nov 23 2013 - 14:21

Heaney remembered at Southbank celebration

Heaney remembered at Southbank celebration

Poet’s memory was celebrated in music, poetry and laughter in London last night.

By Mark HennessyThu Nov 21 2013 - 12:10

Peter Fallon: the man who brought jazz and pizzazz to Irish poetry

Peter Fallon: the man who brought jazz and pizzazz to Irish poetry

A new collection of essays and poems celebrates poet and editor Peter Fallon. In his contribution, the late Dennis O’Driscoll describes the man who was his ‘first poet’

By Denis O'DriscollTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00

Belfast man who died the same day as JFK continues to fascinate 50 years on

Belfast man who died the same day as JFK continues to fascinate 50 years on

Opinion: Both men inspired ‘an invigorating sense of hope’

By Fr Thomas G CaseyTue Nov 19 2013 - 00:01

It makes sense for Ireland to have a single economic unit accountable to its people

It makes sense for Ireland to have a single economic unit accountable to its people

Opinion: Unity is not inevitable, but will require work, dialogue and compromise

By Gerry AdamsFri Nov 15 2013 - 00:01

Heaney’s words music to the ears of Paul Simon in New York tribute to poet

Heaney’s words music to the ears of Paul Simon in New York tribute to poet

Marie Heaney attends emotional tribute to late poet

By Simon CarswellWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00

Actor Gabriel Byrne seeks change to end-of-life care

Actor Gabriel Byrne seeks change to end-of-life care

Friend’s death prompts actor to seek ‘simple and transformational changes’

By Simon CarswellWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00

Writers recall ‘beloved teacher’ Heaney at New York memorial

Writers recall ‘beloved teacher’ Heaney at New York memorial

Paul Simon and Eavan Boland among those to take part in East Village poetry reading

By Simon CarswellTue Nov 12 2013 - 17:36

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