A fascinating Seamus Heaney exhibition is available for the public to experience for free in Bank of Ireland at College Green.
Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again was curated by Professor Geraldine Higgins of Emory University in partnership with the National Library of Ireland, the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Bank of Ireland.
Visitors can expect to experience a journey through Seamus Heaney's life in writing and his creative process as they get to witness photographs, readings, video footage, original artworks, interactive displays and personal artefacts including the poet's own writing desk.
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Manager of the exhibition Anne Marie Smith spoke to Dublin Live and explained how the exhibition in Bank of Ireland came to be.
She said: "Bank of Ireland has given this part of the building on Westmorland Street to the State for ten years for it to be a centre of culture and heritage.
"We in the National Library were approached by the Department of Culture to be the first exhibition here."
Anne Marie explained why Seamus Heaney is regarded so highly by people all over the world, saying that he had the power to touch everyone with his words.
She said: "He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995. Somebody summed it up when he passed away in 2013 when they said that the nation is a man down.
"People feel they know Seamus. When you leave here, you feel like you've had a really intimate experience with Seamus.
"When President Clinton came over during the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, Heaney was quoted by the president.
"Joe Biden also referred to Seamus Heaney in his inaugural speech. He's a poet who is well known internationally and can touch everybody in some way."
Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again is open to the public at the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre from Tuesdays until Saturdays from 10am to 4pm (last entry at 3.30pm).
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