
Seamus McEleney
Local historian and community figure from Bellaghy, County Derry; guest on Merry Dance podcast discussing Seamus Heaney's life and work.
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Jun 10, 2026
Seamus Heaney's friends recall the poet
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Seamus McEleneyGUEST
Um, but it was probably, maybe it could have been about five years after that before I just picked up, um, uh, Death of an Naturalist and as soon as I started reading the poems, something that I can't describe came over me.

Seamus McEleneyGUEST
Um, you know, most of the, the people here is, uh, would, would know about digging, know about farming, know about those, uh, rural activities.

Sé Merry DoyleHOST
I, I wanted to ask you, I was trying to imagine because I knew him in Dublin, but w- when, when he started to become known, let's call it, but when he came back from Dublin, coming back, he must have been like a rock star in, in-