Seamus Heaney HomePlace is thrilled to celebrate its 8th anniversary today! 🎉
To mark the occasion, we’re offering an exclusive deal in our gift shop, running from 29th September to 6th October.
Our special anniversary bundle includes:
✨ A beautiful Field Day candle in your choice of scent: Peat, Flora, Rain, or Hay
☕ A charming small HomePlace mug
📖 A Seamus Heaney paperback book of your choice: Field Day, The Spirit Level, Door into the Dark, or Wintering Out
Originally priced at £62.99, you can enjoy this limited-time offer for just £40!
Celebrate with us and indulge in this perfect autumn bundle—ideal for any literary enthusiast! Call into the shop today!
We're excited to launch our Literature, Lough and Local Flavours Tour for Summer 2024!
Enjoy a day filled with literature, stunning landscapes, and delectable food.
12:30 PM - 2 PM - Explore the Seamus Heaney HomePlace Exhibition
Dive into the life and works of Seamus Heaney through an award-winning exhibition. Discover poetry, photographs, and stories that trace his journey from Bellaghy to becoming one of Ireland’s literary icons.
2 PM - 4:00 PM - Open Ground Tour
Set out on a self-guided tour of Open Ground. Walk through the landscapes that inspired Heaney’s poetry, seeing the loughs, rivers, and bogs that remain as they were during his time.
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM - River Bann Boat Tour
Finish Open Ground at The Eelworks: Cross the river to meet River Bann Tours on the jetty in Toome Canal.
Take a 45-minute journey from Toome Canal along the Lower River Bann to Lough Beg, turning at Church Island for the return.
Cruise past historic bridges and eel fisheries, soaking in the natural beauty and wildlife, including whooping swans and herons. End at the famous Church Island, rich in history and literary significance. River Bann Tours
6:00 PM - Dinner at The Taphouse
Conclude your day with a delicious dinner at The Taphouse.
Relish farm-to-table cuisine in a restaurant renowned for its culinary excellence. The Taphouse Bar & Restaurant
Adult: £45 Child (6-16): £25 Under 5s: £10
Spaces are limited so don't wait book here > https://seamusheaneyhome.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873647461
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Exciting news! 🌞 Stay tuned for details on our upcoming summer tour. Dates will be announced very soon—don't miss out! #SummerTour #StayTuned #Tourteaser
River Bann Tours The Taphouse Bar & Restaurant
Summer Open Ground Tours!
Dates: 13th June, 10th July, 8th August and 4th September
We are delighted to announce the dates for our summer Open Ground tours! Join us for a unique journey through the landscape, guided by our knowledgeable team. Explore the same lanes, roads, and paths that a young Seamus Heaney once traveled. Our informative guides will share the significance of each of these five locations, offering insights into how they inspired and shaped Heaney's remarkable literary legacy. Don't miss this opportunity to walk in the footsteps of one of Ireland's greatest poets!
Book online here > https://seamusheaneyhome.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873628107
Happy New Year from all the staff at Seamus Heaney HomePlace. Thank you to all our amazing customers in 2023 - we look forward to welcoming you again in 2024.
Nuala McKeever presents 'Truth, Love or Promise'
24 Sep 2023
Don't miss internationally-acclaimed writer and actor Nuala McKeever in this new one woman drama about identity, love and the power of friendship.
Set in a creative writing class in Belfast, this poignant dark comedy looks at what happens when things don’t go the way we want in life.
We meet Brenda, Maureen and Joanna, who each week get to know each other through their stories. But it’s clear that it’s the things they’re leaving out, that really tell the tale.
And when the truth turns out to be shocking, they have to decide what really matters most – Truth, Love or Promise.
Tickets available now > https://seamusheaneyhome.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873635858
Nuala McKeever
We are delighted to be awarded with a TripAdvisor, Travellers’ Choice Award 2023. Every year Tripadvisor recognise travellers’ favourite attractions around the world, based on reviews and ratings collected over the last year.
Seamus Heaney HomePlace ranked in the top 10% of attractions worldwide! Thank you to all our customers that have left reviews.
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Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy, Co. Derry.
Time and again, our visitors — including those who may not have been aware of Heaney’s work beforehand — tell us that their journey through HomePlace stirred unexpectedly strong emotions.
Don’t take our word for it- these videos share just some of the emotive and moving feedback we receive from visitors daily. Come and experience for yourself.
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Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy, Co.Derry.
This is a place where you can experience the power of Heaney’s work and the warmth of his relationships with local people and landscapes; where you can immerse yourself in the Nobel Laureate’s literature.
Spend time unwinding in our award winning exhibition and let Seamus Heaney’s poems and his distinctive voice guide you around, take a walk through Open Ground and travel the same lanes, roads and paths that a young Seamus Heaney travelled on - you’ll hear how each of these five locations held such great significance for Seamus Heaney.
Take in a show in our world renowned Helicon theatre or release your inner artist in the Creative Zone.
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The Eelworks at Toome is one of our 5 Open Ground sites. Seamus became fascinated with eels and eel fishermen when he began visiting his wife Marie's family at Ardboe. He took inspiration from the Eelworks at Toomebridge - the most productive wild eel fishery in Europe - for his poem 'A Lough Neagh Sequence'. Find out more on our website > https://seamusheaneyhome.com/open-ground/ Lough Neagh Fishermen's Co-operative Society Lough Neagh Tours
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We have been delighted to be apart of NI Mental Health Arts Festival this week. At HomePlace we recognise that engaging in the arts can be an excellent way to deal with a wide range of mental health issues. The promotion of creativity, inclusion and wellbeing is a core part of the experience here at HomePlace.
NI Mental Health Arts Festival
Seamus Heaney HomePlace is looking beautiful in today's winter sun - a stunning building, centrally located between Belfast and Derry. Did you know that HomePlace has a number of modern meeting, conference and events spaces?
A recent visitor from the Department of Health, said:
'I have had nothing but excellent feedback from attendees, of the kind hospitality received from all staff at Seamus Heaney HomePlace. Thanks to all for your help in making this a successful event for our team.'
For more information on our meeting facilities email: [email protected]
Moving On Music presents Fidelio Trio featuring Cillian Vallely.
Seamus Heaney HomePlace is excited to welcome the talented Fidelio Trio ft. uilleann piper Cillian Vallely (Lúnasa) to The Helicon on Sat 19 November. A performance not to be missed! 👇
“The sound of this trio is irresistible” The Herald
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