CHAPTERS** 00:00 What happened when missiles were fired at the Blackbird 01:51 Why one third of Blackbirds were destroyed 02:51 What happened when the SR-71 lost control 05:15 The SR-71's most ...

The Nobel laureate wrote two poems for the Poems on the Dart project, but only one of them has been published so far Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney. Photo: Getty “People say there’s no ...

It was late February 1995 when in Saviano a group of friends, variously active in art and culture, celebrated with a lunch the 'liberation' of a blackbird by one of them. Year after year ...

Andrew Heaney’s early-season success with the Pittsburgh Pirates has been nothing short of remarkable, and a key factor has been the reintroduction of his sinker — a pitch he had all but ...

Speaking of fanatics, I’ve always been enchanted by the story of St. Kevin and the blackbird. Seems Kevin was a monk who never left his cell near the banks of a river. No one tells the tale better ...

A 1973 cloth-bound limited edition of the Globe Playhouse Trust-commissioned book of poetry by 14 contemporary poets including Seamus Heaney, entitled Poems for Shakespeare, (€200-€300 ...

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) launched an investigation into the disappearance of Seamus Maguire in 2002. In a statement at the time, the commission ...

Seamus Heaney was born on this day, April 13, 1939, in Castledawson in Co Derry. What better way to celebrate the famous Irish poet's life than by revisiting his "When All The Others Were Away at ...

Line Of Duty star Adrian Dunbar has given a rare poetry and art book to the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University, Belfast. Happenstance was created by the painter Brian Ballard and poet ...

It was based on a short 9th century Irish language verse known as The Blackbird of Belfast Lough, which also inspired the logo of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University. The following ...