The headstone for Seamus Heaney's grave, inscribed with a quotation from one of his poems. The poet, from Bellaghy, County Londo
The headstone for Seamus Heaney's grave, inscribed with a quotation from one of his poems. The poet, from Bellaghy, County Londonderry, died at a Dublin hospital on 30 August 2013, at the age of 74. The inscription on his headstone is a line from Heaney's poem The Gravel Walks, which he used in his 1995 Nobel prize acceptance speech. It reads: "Walk on air against your better judgement." Heaney's memorial is located in a corner of the graveyard adjoining St Mary's parish church in Bellaghy, close to that of his parents and other members of the family. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past". The new centre dedicated to Seamus Heaney was named today by Mid Ulster Council - Seamus Heaney HomePlace - "named to reflect the physical position of the centre at the heart of the area where the poet was born, grew up and is buried, as well as its significance as a source of inspiration for Seamus Heaney’s work throughout his life. The visual identity combines the poet’s signature with a pen, representative both of his craft and of the distinctive ‘Conway Stewart’ pen, the subject of a poem in his last published collection, Human Chain." The once heavily fortified RUC police station, for decades a symbol of division during Northern Ireland’s Troubles. The £ transformation celebrating a village’s most famous son opened on September 30th, 2016. The site of Bellaghy station is to become Seamus Heaney HomePlace, an important arts and literary centre exploring the life, literature and inspirations of the Nobel prize-winning poet who died in 2013 and is buried in the nearby church graveyard. As well as being a tourist draw it will be an important community resource and the symbolism of it being a former Royal Ulster Constabulary police station.
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Location: Bellaghy, Northern Ireland
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