To celebrate the 70th birthday of Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney a series of events took place at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin to mark the occasion. Many well known faces from Ireland's literary and artistic community attended. This included the premiere of music inspired by his work, the launch of an art exhibition and the launch of the poets own recording of his work on CD. Seamus Heaney addresses the gathering in a speech which was also broadcast live on RTÉ Radio.

A RTÉ News report on a celebratory event to mark the 70th birthday of Seamus Heaney.

RTÉ and IMMA hosted the evening at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. RTÉ celebrated Heaney's 70th year across radio, television and the internet. A 15CD set of Seamus Heaney reading his own work was also published.

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