The Project
As part of a series of events to celebrate the Seamus Heaney Centre’s
continuing work, artists were commissioned to interpret a poem
associated with the Heaney Centre. Below in my own interpretation.
continuing work, artists were commissioned to interpret a poem
associated with the Heaney Centre. Below in my own interpretation.
The work is on permanent exhibition in the Centre.
The Poem
Int én bec
ro léc feit
do rinn quip
glanbuidi
fo-ceird faíd
ós Loch Laíg,
lon do chraíb
ro léc feit
do rinn quip
glanbuidi
fo-ceird faíd
ós Loch Laíg,
lon do chraíb
charnbuidi
- 9th century Irish -
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The small bird
chip-chirruped:
yellow neb,
a note-spurt.
yellow neb,
a note-spurt.
Blackbird over
Lagan water.
Clumps of yellow
whin-burst!
whin-burst!
- Seamus Heaney -
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the little bird
that whistled shrill
from the nib of
its yellow bill:
a note let go
o’er Belfast Lough —
a blackbird from
the little bird
that whistled shrill
from the nib of
its yellow bill:
a note let go
o’er Belfast Lough —
a blackbird from
a yellow whin
- Ciaran Carson -
