Seamus Heaney passed away on August 30, 2013, at Dublin's Blackrock Clinic, following a brief illness. While the loss remains incalculable, his legacy shines brighter than ever.
Below, we present a selection from the wealth of Heaney-related material in the RTÉ Archives.
In 2009, RTÉ celebrated his 70th birthday with a series of tributes - here he is giving a memorable speech at a live event in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
Here he is in 1987, talking to Bookside about his favourite book, Hope Against Hope by Nadezhda Mandelstam:
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Watch the RTÉ News announcement of his passing, in 2013, featuring some choice words from the great man himself:
Finally, President Michael D. Higgins, former US President Bill Clinton and a host of his poetry comrades pay a warm tribute to Seamus Heaney:
You can see RTÉ Archives special tribute to Seamus Heaney here.
