Heaney

Heaney’s final formal interview took place in Paris last June

Emotion and love for an artist and ordinary man were at the heart of Heaney’s funeral

Countless hearts are blown open as local farmer’s son is laid to rest

Sadness and sense of loss at Seamus Heaney’s death truly crossed the globe but it was deep too in Bellaghy

Archbishop says poet was always a man of kindness and humility

We will always have the great poet. We have lost an exemplary man

Death of Irish poet made headlines across the world

From the outset Heaney was a poet of extraordinary materiality

President Higgins speaks of depth and range of Nobel laureate’s contribution

Loss of this poet will be felt throughout Ireland and far beyond

Sense of ‘collective shock’ among followers of Nobel Prize winner’s poetry

US vice president Biden says he was ’one of the finest Irish poets to ever live’

A Trinity College Professorship, named in honour of one of Ireland’s greatest poets, was unveiled this morning.

Irish poet’s 90-minute performance the highlight of month-long Marché de la Poésie festival