Mid Ulster District Council led this project to bring the legacy of Seamus Heaney back to the people.
Seamus Heaney lived in South Derry/Londonderry, and the area provided the setting for many of his best known poems. He was a very well-known poet in his lifetime, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995.
Through community education programmes, the creation of a literary and heritage trail and the establishment of a Friends of Seamus Heaney group, the project aimed to:
- connect the literary heritage of Seamus Heaney to people and communities
- preserve traditional ways of rural life
- develop the landscape, as illustrated in Heaney’s poetry
A particular focus of the project was on ensuring the sustainability and management of the environment that inspired Heaney’s poems, as well as engaging more people in his work.
This project has also provided a significant number of people with training and volunteering opportunities, as well as educating more people about Seamus Heaney and the landscape that inspired him.
For more information, please see the Seamus Heaney HomeSpace website.
