Derry and Belfast to open books of condolences for 'poet-superstar' Heaney

Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney has been remembered as one of Ireland’s finest literary minds following his death after a short illness.

Derry and Belfast to open books of condolences for 'poet-superstar' Heaney
Fri, 30 Aug, 2013 - 17:12

Seamus Heaney visiting Anahorish Primary School, his old school outside Bellaghy in Co Derry in 2007..

Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney has been remembered as one of Ireland’s finest literary minds following his death after a short illness.

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