Heaney’s words music to the ears of Paul Simon in New York tribute to poet
Marie Heaney attends emotional tribute to late poet
Writers recall ‘beloved teacher’ Heaney at New York memorial
Paul Simon and Eavan Boland among those to take part in East Village poetry reading
Heaney books sell out amid massive demand
Eason’s bookshop on Dublin’s O’Connell Street sold out within days of poet’s passing
Novelist Attwood pays tribute to Seamus Heaney
Canadian-born author interviewed at Dún Laoghaire festival ahead of publication of final chapter in trilogy
Laochra liteartha ar lár
Tá scríbhneoirí móra ar shlí na fírinne – ach maireann a saothar. Léitear iad!
Odes to Seamus Heaney: readers pay tribute in verse
In recent days, dozens of Irish Times readers – from practised scribes to amateur versemakers – have written and submitted poems remembering the late Seamus Heaney. Here is a selection of their contributions
Poet’s code of kindness, generosity and courage was theme of his last farewell
Emotion and love for an artist and ordinary man were at the heart of Heaney’s funeral
Seamus Heaney’s last interview covered Homer, Virgil and Dante
Heaney’s final formal interview took place in Paris last June
Funeral Mass celebrates ‘the beauty of Seamus Heaney...in his being’
He had many of the qualities of an ‘identikit portrait of the ideal Christian’
The most public of burials for the most private of men
Countless hearts are blown open as local farmer’s son is laid to rest
Poet laid to rest under shadow of sycamore trees
Priest says Bellaghy honoured that Heaney had chosen to be interred in his home town
Tributes pour in across North for a man who was Ulster to the core
Sadness and sense of loss at Seamus Heaney’s death truly crossed the globe but it was deep too in Bellaghy
Mourners told of Heaney’s ‘greatness and graciousness’
Archbishop says poet was always a man of kindness and humility
Comfort is best found in Seamus Heaney's poems
We will always have the great poet. We have lost an exemplary man
Humble artist possessed of candid and hauntingly lyrical epic vision
Loss of this poet will be felt throughout Ireland and far beyond
Heaney’s poetry earned itself an acceptance and admiration of a kind rarely seen
From the outset Heaney was a poet of extraordinary materiality
Heartfelt tributes flow for beloved poet Heaney
President Higgins speaks of depth and range of Nobel laureate’s contribution
TCD Heaney professorship unveiled
A Trinity College Professorship, named in honour of one of Ireland’s greatest poets, was unveiled this morning.
‘Walk on air against your better judgment’: Heaney on life, poetry, God and Ireland
Some of the late Nobel Laureate’s best quotes
Heaney deserves place among the pantheon, says Dorgan
Sense of ‘collective shock’ among followers of Nobel Prize winner’s poetry
Obituary: Heaney ‘the most important Irish poet since Yeats’
His books sold and continue to sell in the tens of thousands, while hordes of ‘Heaneyboppers’ flocked to his readings
President pays tribute to ’immense’ contribution of Heaney
US vice president Biden says he was ’one of the finest Irish poets to ever live’
Otherworldly hush descends for Seamus Heaney’s readings in Paris
Irish poet’s 90-minute performance the highlight of month-long Marché de la Poésie festival
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