Two new books give a multi-hued portrait of Seamus Heaney as he pursued a late-20th-century vocation as a public advocate of poetry and as a somewhat private advocate of Catholicism as a folk culture.

Ahead of the publication of a new edition of Homer’s epics—which he has illustrated—the artist also explains why he switches ...

North was Seamus Heaney's fourth poetry collection – he was in his mid-30s when it came out, living in Glanmore, Co. Wicklow.

Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is to visit the Seamus Heaney HomePlace for the Northern Ireland launch of her new memoir. Ms Sturgeon served as both the leader of the Scottish ...

Writers Seamus Heaney and Simon Armitage have been speaking to the BBC about their love of poetry.

Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is to visit the Seamus Heaney HomePlace for the Northern Ireland launch of her new memoir.

Scotland’s former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, will make her only scheduled appearance in Northern Ireland this summer at a special literary event hosted by Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy.

Requiem for the Croppies by Seamus Heaney deals with death in conflict. Look again at this poem, and at one other poem from the Conflict anthology which also deals with the theme of death in conflict.

GCSE CCEA Requiem for the Croppies by Seamus Heaney - CCEA Context The poem describes the events leading up to the Battle of Vinegar Hill on 21 June 1798.

The poem describes the events leading up to the Battle of Vinegar Hill on 21 June 1798. Croppies were Irish rebels fighting for independence from Britain.