Exhibition and Upcoming Events
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Room to Rhyme
Join us for Room to Rhyme! This is our new, weekly half hour session
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One Day Experience
Visit Seamus Heaney HomePlace and be welcomed at our Café with a morning tea
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Seamus Heaney Exhibition
Immerse yourself in the extraordinary world of Seamus Heaney, and explore through his words and
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Starting Your Crime Fiction Novel
With James Murphy Ever wanted to write the perfect whodunnit? Come along to this
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The HomePlace Book Club
With Carol O’Doherty and Patricia Broderick A story is always better if
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Steel Chest, Nail in the Boot and the Barking Dog: with Neil Martin & Damian Gorman
Film Screening: With Damian Gorman and Neil Martin In conversation with Aislinn Clarke HomePlace
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An Afternoon with Michael Longley
Michael Longley, a close friend and contemporary of Seamus Heaney, was the first poet
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Hearth Language: From Aftergrass to Yellow Boots
Maura Johnston in conversation with Bernie McGill ‘bedding the locale in the utterance, reed
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Three Words for Light
With Anselm McDonnell and Martin Johnson This programme is centred on a new work
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Kerri Ní Dochartaigh and Manchán Magan in Conversation
In conversation with Myra Zepf Language, nature and origins are at the heart of
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Farming in Contemporary Irish Literature & the Poetry of Seamus Heaney
‘and sky and ground are running naturally among his arms that grope the cropping
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HomePlace Table Quiz
Seamus Heaney HomePlace Table Quiz Join us at Seamus Heaney HomePlace and take part
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A Laureate Reading with Simon Armitage
‘A poet whose work is ambitious, accomplished and complex as well as popular.’ Sunday Telegraph
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Silver Linked Bracelet-Making
With Diane Lyness Make a unique silver linked bracelet under the guidance of goldsmith
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A Wintering Out Celebration with Simon Callow and Charles Owen
'a bite and a sup,we hug our little destinies again''For Michael Longley and David
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Ulster Orchestra: On Your Doorstep
Members of the Ulster Orchestra make a welcome return to Bellaghy, as part of
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Caoilinn Hughes and Conor O’Callaghan in Conversation
In conversation with Emma Warnock Conor O’Callaghan and Caoilinn Hughes are two of Ireland’s
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‘In the Dark Times There Will Also Be Singing’ Poetry Writing Workshop
POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP with Maureen Boyle Join poet Maureen Boyle in this one-day workshop
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Eleanor McEvoy in Concert
Eleanor McEvoy achieved star status in Ireland in 1992 when her song ‘A Woman's
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Lucy Caldwell and Jan Carson in Conversation
In conversation with Hugh Odling-Smee HomePlace is delighted to welcome two of Northern Ireland’s
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A Not-So-Horrid Afternoon with Francesca Simon!
In conversation with Myra Zepf While reading stories to her son, Francesca Simon was
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Andrew O’Hagan In Conversation
In conversation with John Self ‘Mayflies is one of those novels to press into the
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Stockton’s Wing in Concert
Since their inception in 1977, Stockton’s Wing have always been a band who defied
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Woven Willow Hare Making
With Clive Lyttle of Welig Crafts ‘The man the hare has met will never
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Hiraeth: Yearning for Home? With Michael Smiley and Miranda Sawyer
Hiraeth: (n) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home
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Man of Aran: Film Screening with Live Soundtrack
FILM SCREENING WITH LIVE SOUNDTRACK performed by Síle Denvir, Úna Monaghan & Ceri Owen
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Creative Writing for Young Adults (14-18 years old)
Are you an avid reader, and keen to develop your writing? This creative writing
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Armistead Maupin in Conversation
With Rick O'SheaPLEASE NOTE: IN A CHANGE TO THE PRINTED PROGRAMME, THIS EVENT WILL
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Patrick Kielty: Borderline
‘Kielty is fabulous’, The Times Borderline is a brand new show from County Down's
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Jeanette Winterson in Conversation
With Gail McConnell One of the most original voices in British fiction to emerge
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The Lost Brothers in Concert
“What I love about The Lost Brothers is how their songs often seem quite
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