Seamus Heaney ‘to bid us marvellous farewell’ from Dublin Airport

U2 frontman Bono and singer Paul Simon said Seamus Heaney should be an inspiration to people on their travels as a tapestry dedicated to the late poet was unveiled yesterday.

The 16sq m Out of the Marvellous, commissioned by Amnesty International and part-funded by the singers, will hang from the ceiling of Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2.

Bono said he cherishes Heaney’s works every time he travels. “With my life, I pass through a lot of airports. Seamus’s poems are my companion on every journey — they come with me wherever I go,” he said.