Heaney drafts sell for €27,000

Hand-written drafts of a poem by Seamus Heaney tonight fetched €27,000 to help a small Irish village develop an arts and heritage centre.

Heaney drafts sell for €27,000
Sat, 28 Apr, 2007 - 19:57

Hand-written drafts of a poem by Seamus Heaney tonight fetched €27,000 to help a small Irish village develop an arts and heritage centre.

The Co Derry poet and Nobel laureate donated the scribblings to a group near in his adopted Wicklow home who are converting an old Garda station for the project.

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