The Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again exhibition invites Culture Night visitors on a fascinating journey exploring the highlights of Seamus Heaney’s poetry and life, donated to the National Library of Ireland. The exhibition allows guests to explore Seamus Heaney’s rural origins through to his remarkable career as a poet and noble prize winner. Explore the exhibition at your own pace, with expert staff at key areas in the exhibition to help you.

Heaney’s own writing desk is the focal point of an experience that explores Heaney’s creative process through original manuscripts, as well as letters, unpublished works, diary entries, photographs, personal artefacts and multimedia recordings, revealing the internal and external forces that shaped his work.