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Eugene Keilt

Irish Blue Badge tour guide and hospitality entrepreneur; founder of Laurel Villa guest house specializing in Seamus Heaney literary tours in County Londonderry

Jun 10, 2026

Merry Dance

Merry Dance

Seamus Heaney's friends recall the poet

Jun 10 · 59m

Sé Merry Doyle
Sé Merry DoyleHOST
12:15
And when was the first time you actually said, "Hello, Seamus"?
Eugene KeiltGUEST
12:19
I think it was in Kilkenny.
Eugene KeiltGUEST
12:20
Um, he did an event down there and, uh, introduced myself and, um, any Heaney event was a memorable event because he's s- such a special reader of his, of his work.
Eugene KeiltGUEST
12:36
You know, no two readings were the same.
Eugene KeiltGUEST
12:40
He was a brilliant performer, as you would know.
Eugene KeiltGUEST
12:43
Um, you could see that whenever I started to research Heaney, um, over the years since then I discovered that he was involved in plays for the An Amhrán Drama Society.
Eugene KeiltGUEST
12:56
He played the part of, uh, uh, Thomas Russell in a play from that period.
Sé Merry Doyle
Sé Merry DoyleHOST
17:48
Mm

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