Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.
– #SeamusHeaney
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Happy World Poetry Day 2026!
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What better way to celebrate poetry than with a poem about writing itself?!
Here is Seamus Heaney and Digging.
#WorldPoetryDay
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#Digging
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mentioned in despatches
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Join our exhibition guides for an online tour of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again
📅 Weds 18 March, 1pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Explore the highlights of Heaney's archive, from his rural origins through to his remarkable career as a poet.
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‘My passport’s green’ | #SeamusHeaney & Ireland ☘️
#StPatricksDay tour tracing Heaney’s journey — from Bellaghy to Wicklow and Sandymount Strand — and the landscapes that shaped his poetry.
📅 Mon, 16 March, 2pm: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/my-pa...
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For #MothersDay, we’re sharing our latest blog exploring family connections in the poetry of #SeamusHeaney: https://ow.ly/Haq150YsNkc
📷: Seamus, Catherine, Michael, Marie and Christopher Heaney © Bobbie Hanvey
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‘My passport’s green’ | #SeamusHeaney & Ireland ☘️
#StPatricksDay tour tracing Heaney’s journey — from Bellaghy to Wicklow and Sandymount Strand — and the landscapes that shaped his poetry.
📅 Mon, 16 March, 2pm: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/my-pa...
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Let Go, Let Fly, Forget | Guided tour of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again
📅 Sat, 28 March | 2pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/let-g...
Join us for an immersive tour exploring Heaney’s enduring love of birds in his #poetry.
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Join our exhibition guides for an online tour of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again
📅 Weds 18 March, 1pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/onlin...
Explore the highlights of Heaney's archive, from his rural origins through to his remarkable career as a poet.
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Talking about the word "Poet" in this interview from 30 years ago, Seamus Heaney says: "The noun, in itself, is a mighty one...it's one of the few words that retains a sacred aura, even still."
#poets #poetry #seamusheaney #irish
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Let Go, Let Fly, Forget | Guided tour of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again
📅 Sat, 28 March | 2pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/let-g...
Join us for an immersive tour exploring Heaney’s enduring love of birds in his #poetry.
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Join our exhibition guides for an online tour of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again
📅 Weds 18 March, 1pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/onlin...
Explore the highlights of Heaney's archive, from his rural origins through to his remarkable career as a poet.
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‘My passport’s green’ | #SeamusHeaney & Ireland ☘️
#StPatricksDay tour tracing Heaney’s journey — from Bellaghy to Wicklow and Sandymount Strand — and the landscapes that shaped his poetry.
📅 Mon, 16 March, 2pm: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/my-pa...
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Let Go, Let Fly, Forget | Guided tour of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again
📅 Sat, 28 March | 2pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/let-g...
Join us for an immersive tour exploring Heaney’s enduring love of birds in his #poetry.
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'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry
For International Women's Day at #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again, join us for an uplifting, thought‑provoking celebration of women.
📅 Sat, 7 March at 2pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/her-b...
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‘My passport’s green’ | #SeamusHeaney & Ireland ☘️
#StPatricksDay tour tracing Heaney’s journey — from Bellaghy to Wicklow and Sandymount Strand — and the landscapes that shaped his poetry.
📅 Mon, 16 March, 2pm: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/my-pa...
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f the poem. The text reads: The Clothes Shrine It was a whole new sweetness In the early days to find Light white muslin blouses On a see-through nylon line Drip-drying in the bathroom Or a nylon slip in the shine Of its own electricity - As if St Brigid once more Had rigged up a ray of sun Like the one she’d strung on air To dry her own cloak on (Hard-pressed Brigid, so Unstoppably on the go) - The damp and slump and unfair Drag of the workaday Made light of and got through As usual, brilliantly. From Electric Light (2001)
“The Clothes Shrine” by Seamus Heaney.
Source: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again on Facebook.
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'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry
For International Women's Day at #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again, join us for an uplifting, thought‑provoking celebration of women.
📅 Sat, 7 March at 2pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/her-b...
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Join our exhibition guides for an online tour of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again
📅 Weds 18 March, 1pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/onlin...
Explore the highlights of Heaney's archive, from his rural origins through to his remarkable career as a poet.
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'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry
For International Women's Day at #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again, join us for an uplifting, thought‑provoking celebration of women.
📅 Sat, 7 March at 2pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/her-b...
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‘My passport’s green’ | #SeamusHeaney & Ireland ☘️
#StPatricksDay tour tracing Heaney’s journey — from Bellaghy to Wicklow and Sandymount Strand — and the landscapes that shaped his poetry.
📅 Mon, 16 March, 2pm: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/my-pa...
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Pléascann an Speictream: #SeamusHeaney & na hAmharc-Ealaíona 🎨
Cuir aithne ar ghrúpa cairde ealaíontóirí Seamus Heaney: T. P. Flanagan, Colin Middleton, Barrie Cooke, agus Dimitri Hadzi: www.nli.ie/ga/news-stories/scealta/...
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Join our informative exhibition guides for daily tours of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again at 11:30am & 2pm, Mon-Sat. Explore the highlights of #Heaney's archive, from his rural origins through to his career as a poet: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/daily...
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Masons, when they start upon a building, Are careful to test out the scaffolding; Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points, Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints. And yet all this comes down when the job’s done Showing off walls of sure and solid stone. So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be Old bridges breaking between you and me Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall Confident that we have built our wall.
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Scaffolding by Seamus Heaney
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The Spectrum Bursts: #SeamusHeaney & the Visual Arts 🎨
Step into Heaney’s creative circle — T. P. Flanagan, Colin Middleton, Barrie Cooke & Dimitri Hadzi. Discover how these friendships shaped their artistic vision: www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/spe...
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Man and woman seated inside exhibition, with large photograph of Heaney on wall behind them
Visit #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again, a free exhibition by the National Library of Ireland.
📍Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin
🏛️ Open Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm. Last admission: 3.30pm
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/exhib...
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'Since when,' he asked,
'Are the first and last line of any poem
Where the poem begins and ends?'
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Do not waiver into language.
Do not waiver in it.
- #SeamusHeaney, ‘Lightenings’
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"And here is love…" | An #Origami #LoveLetter Workshop 💌
In celebration of #StValentinesDay
❤️ Sat, 7 Feb at 2pm: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/and-h...
This workshop invites you to slow down + spend time with words, inspired by love poems of #SeamusHeaney
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