This
is the start of a 3 part series on the Seamus Heaney Museum that I was
privileged to visit with friends recently.
Seamus was a world rebound poet and family man and I hope you enjoy
seeing some of the photos I took that day. This Museum really needs to be experienced through sound as you can hear him
recite his poems through the head sets and you can follow them on the written word
as well. I
am linking this post with Through My Lens.
Bust of Seamus Heaney by Carolyn
Mulholland
He
was the first of 6 children and fairly early on he was parted from his siblings
and sent to school but later build up a good relationship with them.
Linda
was very excited to see if a poem she had been given years ago was here and we
were not disappointed. We were invited
to sit and listen to it and there was even a photo of his dog Carlo.
We discovered that that poem had never been
published.
I invite you to join me tomorrow to contiue the story of Seamus Heaney.
Many thanks for visiting and also for all your comments.
You do take us to some fascinating places. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSo interesting! I did look up his poems on google. His dog poem is very sad but good! He has quite a way with words, as all good poets do. He always looks so sad in his pictures, except when he was a little boy. His daughter looks very sad as well, so maybe she became a poet. I love the pansies!
ReplyDeleteHello, looks like a great exhibit and museum. Happy Monday, enjoy your new week!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the museum and introducing us to Seamus Heaney. I shall enjoy looking up his poetry.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post.
ReplyDeleteGreat relationship.
Regards, Margaret :)
looks like a great museum!! you and i both get to go to many wonderful places!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a poet, what a man.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to see this great tribute to one of our finest poets, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteBrings back so many memories of school and English Literature exams!!!
Yes--- Nice share.
ReplyDeleteLooks great. Thanks for sharing them:)
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fascinating museum!
ReplyDeleteWe attended a reading in my home town by Seamus of his poems after which he signed a book of selections of his poems. We shook hands. "Carlo" was read that night(see above poem). He seemed such a lovely ordinary person. We later saw him as he walked past us on the road in Co. Wicklow. Such a giant.
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