Seamus Justin Heaney (1939 - 2013)

Born 13 Apr 1939 in Tamnairan, Ballyscullion, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 30 Aug 2013 at age 74 in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Seamus Heaney was born in Ireland.

Seamus was an Irish Poet see Irish Poets Team.

Seamus Heaney is Notable.

Seamus Justin Heaney was born on 13 April 1939 at the family farmhouse called Mossbawn, between Castledawson and Toomebridge.^[1] He was the son of Patrick Heaney. He attended Anahorish Primary school. In 1953, his family moved to Bellaghy.^[2] He played for Castledawson football team rather than Bellaghy.^[2]

He passed away in 2013 in Dublin aged 74.^[3][4][5] He is buried in St Mary’s Graveyard, Bellaghy. ^[6]

Nobel Prize Laureate Poet. He is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. Born the first of nine children, his father was a farmer and raised cattle. In 1957 he studied English Language and Literature at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. During his time in Belfast, he found a copy of Ted Hughes's Lupercal (1960), which inspired him to write poetry.

Published Works

Poetry: Main Collections^[7][8]

• 1966: Death of a Naturalist, Faber & Faber
• 1969: Door into the Dark, Faber & Faber
• 1972: Wintering Out, Faber & Faber
• 1975: North, Faber & Faber
• 1979: Field Work, Faber & Faber
• 1984: Station Island, Faber & Faber
• 1987: The Haw Lantern, Faber & Faber
• 1991: Seeing Things, Faber & Faber
• 1996: The Spirit Level, Faber & Faber
• 2001: Electric Light, Faber & Faber
• 2006: District and Circle, Faber & Faber
• 2010: Human Chain, Faber & Faber

Research Notes

The PRONI hold some letters and cards written by Seamus Heaney, along with some newspaper cuttings PRONI ref D3838/3/7

Sources

1. ↑ Dictionary of Irish Biography gives middle name
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Brankin, Una (31 August 2013). "Seamus Heaney: Farmer's son who talked like one... a real Bellaghy man through and through." Belfast Telegraph.
3. ↑ BBC website
4. ↑ Harvard website
5. ↑ Obituary: "UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-Current"
   Publication Date: 30/ Aug/ 2013; Publication Place: London, United Kingdom; URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/10276008/Seamus-Heaney.html
   Ancestry Record 8960 #223376024 (accessed 16 March 2023)
   Name: Seamus Heaney; Gender: Male; Death Age: 74; Birth Date: 13 Apr 1939; Birth Place: Mossbawn, Co Derry, Northern Ireland; Marriage Date: 1964; Residence Place: Derry, Oxford, Unionist, America, Nobel; Death Date: 30 Aug 2013; Obituary Date: 30 Aug 2013; Mother: Margaret; Spouse: Marie Devlin; Child: Seamus Heaney; Siblings: Christopher.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #116281839
7. ↑ Wikipedia
8. ↑ Seamus Heaney (Literature, Saoi). Aosdána, Former Members. Aosdana wbsite

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