108-555: Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet , playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature . Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first major published volume. American poet Robert Lowell described him as "the most important Irish poet since Yeats ", and many others, including the academic John Sutherland , have said that he
216-629: A university-wide Athena SWAN Gold Award in recognition of work to support and transform gender equality in Higher Education and Research, thereby becoming the first university on the island of Ireland and only the second in the UK to achieve such an award. Entrants to Queen's have, on average, 148 A/AS-level points and there are currently 6 applications per place, with about two-thirds of applicants coming from Northern Ireland and most apply for multiple courses. The Sunday Times has described
324-722: A 'sister institution'. The university is also a member of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe (T.I.M.E.) Association . Queen's takes part in the British Council 's Business Education Initiative study-abroad scheme sending a number of undergraduate students to study business and related subjects at participating higher-education institutions in the United States. Queen's is a member of Universities Ireland , an organisation that promotes collaboration and co-operation between universities in both
432-624: A campus, the university's buildings are spread over a number of public streets in South Belfast; primarily, University Road, University Square, University Street, Malone Road and Stranmillis Road , with other departments located further afield such as in Titanic Quarter and Portaferry . Academic life at Queen's is organised into fifteen schools across three faculties: the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (AHSS);
540-612: A candidate has to be proposed and recommended by five Members, and selection is made by a rotating committee of existing Members, their names not made known outside the Academy. Presently, up to 24 Members are elected each year, equally divided between the sciences and humanities. Regular membership is open only to those resident in Ireland. Honorary membership can be awarded to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to their academic discipline, but who are normally resident outside
648-736: A degree at Queen's. Queen's participates in the European Union 's ERASMUS programme , allowing undergraduate students to study for a period at universities in Austria, Finland, Iceland, Portugal, Belgium, France, Italy, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Poland and Switzerland. Queen's is also part of the Utrecht Network which works towards
756-413: A few miles away, which is now the family home. His father was Patrick Heaney (d. October 1986), a farmer and cattle dealer, and the eighth child of ten born to James and Sarah Heaney. Patrick was introduced to cattle dealing by his uncles, who raised him after his parents' early deaths. Heaney's mother was Margaret Kathleen McCann (1911–1984), whose relatives worked at a local linen mill . Heaney remarked on
864-472: A living at the time by writing for The Irish Times , often on the subject of radio. A second son, Christopher, was born in 1968. Heaney initially sought publication with Dolmen Press in Dublin for his first volume of work. While waiting to hear back, he was signed with Faber and Faber and published Death of a Naturalist in 1966, and Faber remained his publisher for the rest of his life. This collection
972-565: A major benefactor of Queen's University and of the Library. In June 2010, the university announced the launch of a £7.5 million Ansin international research hub with Seagate Technology . Also in that year, Queen's was one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland, with a total workforce of 3,903, of whom 2,414 were members of academic, academic-related and research staff and 1,489 were administrative employees. In addition to
1080-579: A native of Ardboe , County Tyrone, while at St Joseph's in 1962; they married in August 1965 and would go on to have three children. A school teacher and writer, Devlin published Over Nine Waves (1994), a collection of traditional Irish myths and legends. Heaney's first book, Eleven Poems, was published in November 1965 for the Queen's University Festival. In 1966 their first son, Michael, was born. He earned
1188-600: A number of prizes including the annual Hamilton Prize for Mathematics which it awards to the best mathematic students as nominated by academic institutions, the Kathleen Lonsdale Prize for Chemistry which is awarded to the most outstanding Irish Ph.D. thesis in the general area of the chemical sciences, and the biennial RIA Michel Deon Prize for Non-Fiction which honours the life of Michel Déon (1919–2016) by continuing his work in supporting and championing writing talent and sustains his legacy in celebrating
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#17327728323881296-432: A poppy bruise on the left temple, He lay in the four-foot box as in his cot. No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear. A four-foot box, a foot for every year. from "Mid-Term break", Death of a Naturalist (1966) Heaney was born on 13 April 1939 at the family farmhouse called Mossbawn, between Castledawson and Toomebridge ; he was the first of nine children. In 1953, his family moved to Bellaghy ,
1404-531: A purpose-built student village called Elms Village, which has its own bar and shop, located on the Malone Road , south of the main campus, as well as in a number of houses in the South Belfast area, including at College Gardens and on Mount Charles. The university had hosted the annual Belfast Festival at Queen's since 1961 but announced in March 2015 that it would not continue to fund the festival. It runs
1512-437: A road accident. The poems " Mid-Term Break " and " The Blackbird of Glanmore " are related to his brother's death. Heaney played Gaelic football for Castledawson GAC , the club in the area of his birth, as a boy, and did not change to Bellaghy when his family moved there. However, he has remarked that he became involved culturally with Bellaghy GAA Club in his late teens, acting in amateur plays and composing treasure hunts for
1620-462: A sense of the depth and range of the contribution of Seamus Heaney to our contemporary world, but what those of us who have had the privilege of his friendship and presence will miss is the extraordinary depth and warmth of his personality...Generations of Irish people will have been familiar with Seamus' poems. Scholars all over the world will have gained from the depth of the critical essays, and so many rights organisations will want to thank him for all
1728-420: A shop, kitchen lounge area and coffee franchise are also provided by the union. The Mandela Hall hosts numerous concerts each year as well as the majority the students' union's club nights. Student Disability, Student Wellbeing, Student Finance, Careers, Learning Development service and other services are also provided. More than fifty sporting clubs and over one hundred non-sporting societies are recognised by
1836-501: A short illness. After a fall outside a restaurant in Dublin, he entered a hospital for a medical procedure but died at 7:30 the following morning before it took place. His funeral was held in Donnybrook , Dublin, on the morning of 2 September 2013, and he was buried in the evening at St. Mary's Church, Bellaghy his home village, in the same graveyard as his parents, younger brother, and other family members. His son Michael revealed at
1944-425: A substantial portion of his literary archive at Emory University as a memorial to the work of William M. Chace , the university's recently retired president. The Emory papers represented the largest repository of Heaney's work (1964–2003). He donated these to help build their large existing archive of material from Irish writers including Yeats, Paul Muldoon , Ciaran Carson , Michael Longley and other members of
2052-639: Is Ian Greer . The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £462.8 million, of which £103.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £466.5 million. Queen's is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities , the European University Association , Universities UK and Universities Ireland . The university
2160-512: Is Ireland's premier learned society and one of its leading cultural institutions . The Academy was established in 1785 and granted a royal charter in 1786. As of 2019, the RIA has around 600 members, regular members being Irish residents elected in recognition of their academic achievements, and Honorary Members similarly qualified but based abroad; a small number of members are elected in recognition of non-academic contributions to society. Until
2268-467: Is a book of shades and memories, of things whispered, of journeys into the underworld, of elegies and translations, of echoes and silences." In October 2010, the collection was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize . Heaney was named one of "Britain's top 300 intellectuals" by The Observer in 2011, though the newspaper later published a correction acknowledging that "several individuals who would not claim to be British" had been featured, of which Heaney
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#17327728323882376-624: Is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate. Queen's University Belfast has roots in the Belfast Academical Institution, which was founded in 1810 and which remains as the Royal Belfast Academical Institution . The present university was first chartered as "Queen's College, Belfast" in 1845, when it was associated with the simultaneously founded Queen's College, Cork , and Queen's College, Galway , as part of
2484-528: Is based on campus and provides a foundation year for international students who want to study at the university. The Students' Union at Queen's (QUBSU) is located opposite the Lanyon Building on University Road, and is provided for under the university's statutes. All students at the university are automatic members of the union, making it one of the largest unions on a single campus in Ireland and
2592-575: The 2004 EU Enlargement . He read the poem at a ceremony for the 25 leaders of the enlarged European Union , arranged by the Irish EU presidency . In August 2006 Heaney had a stroke. Although he recovered and joked, "Blessed are the pacemakers" when fitted with a heart monitor, he cancelled all public engagements for several months. He was in County Donegal at the time of the 75th birthday of Anne Friel, wife of playwright Brian Friel . He read
2700-592: The Arthur Ashe for Courage Award ), David Case ( Air Commodore , the highest ranking Black officer in the British Armed forces), Tim Collins (former Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment ), Michael Farrell (an Irish civil rights activist, writer and former leader of People's Democracy), Drew Nelson former Grand Secretary of the Orange Order , and Elizabeth Gould Bell ,
2808-486: The Belfast Group . In 2003, when asked if there was any figure in popular culture who aroused interest in poetry and lyrics, Heaney praised American rap artist Eminem from Detroit, saying, "He has created a sense of what is possible. He has sent a voltage around a generation. He has done this not just through his subversive attitude but also his verbal energy." Heaney wrote the poem " Beacons at Bealtaine " to mark
2916-676: The Irish Historic Towns Atlas series, the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy , Foclóir na nua-Ghaeilge , the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources , and the New Survey of Clare Island . In 2014 the Academy published (in association with Yale University Press ) the five-volume Art and Architecture of Ireland . The Academy is committed to publishing work which not only influences scholarship, but also
3024-636: The Mary Peters Track is situated. The area and its surrounding forest of Barnetts Demesne are mapped for orienteering . Queens Gaelic football team compete in the Sigerson Cup and have won the trophy on 8 occasions, with the last victory coming in the 1999/2000 academic year. The university's association football team, Queen's University Belfast A.F.C. , play in the Irish Second Division . Queen's snooker team have won
3132-585: The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 for "works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past". He was on holiday in Greece with his wife when the news broke. Neither journalists nor his own children could reach him until he arrived at Dublin Airport two days later, although an Irish television camera traced him to Kalamata . Asked how he felt to have his name added to
3240-510: The Professor of Poetry at Oxford . In 1996 he was made a Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and in 1998 was bestowed the title Saoi of Aosdána . He received numerous prestigious awards. Heaney is buried at St. Mary's Church, Bellaghy , Northern Ireland. The headstone bears the epitaph "Walk on air against your better judgement", from his poem "The Gravel Walks". Wearing
3348-665: The Queen's University of Ireland – founded to encourage higher education for Catholics and Presbyterians , as a counterpart to Trinity College, Dublin , then an almost exclusively Anglican institution. Queen's College, Belfast, opened in 1849. Its main building, the Lanyon Building, was designed by the English-born architect, Sir Charles Lanyon . At its opening, it had 23 professors and 195 students. Some early students at Queen's University Belfast took University of London examinations. The Irish Universities Act 1908 dissolved
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3456-534: The Royal University of Ireland , which had replaced the Queen's University of Ireland in 1879, and created two separate universities: the current National University of Ireland and Queen's University of Belfast. The university was one of only eight United Kingdom universities to hold a parliamentary seat in the House of Commons at Westminster until such representation was abolished in 1950. The university
3564-539: The UK . This building houses many squash courts, several climbing walls and is home to QUB's senior men's and women's basketball teams. The University Playing Fields, also known as Malone Playing Fields, is located just over 2 miles (3.2 km) from the main campus, comprising 17 pitches for rugby , association football, Gaelic football , hockey , hurling , camogie , and cricket . In addition, there are three netball courts, nine tennis courts, and an athletics arena where
3672-740: The Ulster-Scots Society are also present. There are a number of international societies at Queen's, including the International Students Society and the Malaysian Students Society. The Queen's University Mountaineering Club is notable for producing three Everest summiteers including Ireland's first, Dawson Stelfox . Roger McMorrow and Nigel Hart also summited in May 2007, and were subsequently jointly announced Queen's University Graduates of
3780-694: The University College Dublin (UCD) Law Society, in recognition of his remarkable role as a literary figure. Faber and Faber published Dennis O'Driscoll 's book Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney in 2008; this has been described as the nearest thing to an autobiography of Heaney. In 2009, Heaney was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. He recorded a spoken word album, over 12 hours long , of himself reading his poetry collections to commemorate his 70th birthday, which occurred on 13 April 2009. He spoke at
3888-652: The West Belfast Festival in July 2010 in celebration of his mentor, the poet and novelist Michael McLaverty , who had helped Heaney to first publish his poetry. In September 2010 Faber published Human Chain , Heaney's twelfth collection. Human Chain was awarded the Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection, one of the major poetry prizes Heaney had never previously won, despite having been twice shortlisted. The book, published 44 years after
3996-593: The Whitbread Book of the Year Award ; he repeated the success in 1999 with Beowulf: A New Verse Translation . Heaney was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1996 and was admitted in 1997. In the same year, Heaney was elected Saoi of Aosdána . In 1998, Heaney was elected Honorary Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. In 2000 Heaney was awarded an honorary doctorate and delivered
4104-685: The "Q" identity with an updated version of the university's crest. The Law School publishes the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly (NILQ), a peer-reviewed quarterly journal published since 1936. Queen's has many distinguished alumni, including former president of Ireland Mary McAleese ; Nobel Prize winners poet Seamus Heaney and politician Lord Trimble ; former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick ; Lords Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord Hutton and Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore , justice of The Supreme Court of United Kingdom; former Speaker of
4212-588: The Academy's general government and regulation. They are elected annually at the Stated Meeting on 16 March. The President normally serves a three-year term of office. The membership of the Council is drawn from the Sciences and Humanities sections. The Council formulates policies and recommends candidates for membership. The Executive Committee supports the Council in supervising the day-to-day business of
4320-588: The Academy. The members of the Executive Committee are the President, Senior Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Secretaries of Science and PL&A (Polite Literature & Antiquities, i.e. Humanities), Executive Secretary, Secretary for International Relations, and a staff representative. The Royal Irish Academy became a prescribed body under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and
4428-738: The British intervarsity title on a record nine occasions and are the current champions. Queen's University Belfast Boat Club is one of the most successful clubs in the university. The QUB boathouse, home of Queen's University Belfast Boat Club (QUBBC) and Queen's University of Belfast Ladies Boat Club (QUBLBC), is located on the River Lagan near Stranmillis . In 2010 they were reigning Irish Champions in men's Intermediate and Senior 8's. They are also reigning Irish University Champions in Men's Senior 8's, Women's Novice 8's and Women's Novice 4's. They are
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4536-713: The Dark . Heaney taught as a visiting professor in English at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1970–1971 academic year. In 1972, he left his lectureship in Belfast, moved to Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland, and began writing on a full-time basis. That year, he published his third collection, Wintering Out . In 1975, Heaney's next volume, North , was published. A pamphlet of prose poems entitled Stations
4644-491: The Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (EPS); and the Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences (MHLS). Each of the faculties operate as a primary management unit of the university and the schools are the focus for education and research for their respective subject areas. The effective head of the university is its vice-chancellor. The current vice-chancellor, Ian Greer, was appointed in January 2018, following
4752-535: The Fordham commencement ceremony on 23 May 1982, Heaney delivered his address as a 46-stanza poem entitled "Verses for a Fordham Commencement." Born and educated in Northern Ireland, Heaney stressed that he was Irish and not British. Following the success of the Field Day Theatre Company 's production of Brian Friel 's Translations , the founders Brian Friel and Stephen Rea decided to make
4860-817: The Freedom of Information Act (Amendment) 2003, on 31 May 2006. The premier award of the Royal Irish Academy is the Cunningham Medal , which it awards every three years in recognition of "outstanding contributions to scholarship and the objectives of the Academy." Other awards include the Gold Medals which are awarded to two people each year who "made a demonstrable and internationally recognised outstanding scholarly contribution in their fields," and US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards which are awarded annually in three categories HEIs, Multinationals and SMEs. The Royal Irish Academy also operates
4968-1364: The Irish Constitution (OIC) , and the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB). Other projects include: During the 1950s the Academy began forming national committees, each relating to a specific discipline. Today these act as strategic national fora, providing input into policy, research priorities and issues of public concern, such as climate change . They also organise public outreach activities, such as lectures and public interviews, and award grants for research and travel. The Academy committees are made up of both Members and non-Members, including representatives from universities, research institutions, government agencies and, where appropriate, industry. They include: Life and Medical Sciences; Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences; Climate Change and Environmental Sciences; Engineering and Computer Sciences; Geosciences and Geographical Sciences; Ethical, Political, Legal and Philosophical Studies; Historical Studies; Social Sciences; Study of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication; and Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, Litríocht na Gaeilge agus na gCultúr Ceilteach. There are also Standing Committees for Archaeology, International Affairs and North - South matters. The first meeting of
5076-563: The Irish Nobel pantheon of W. B. Yeats , George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett , Heaney responded: "It's like being a little foothill at the bottom of a mountain range. You hope you just live up to it. It's extraordinary." He and his wife Marie were immediately taken from the airport to Áras an Uachtaráin for champagne with President Mary Robinson . He would refer to the prize discreetly as "the N thing" in personal exchanges with others. Heaney's 1996 collection The Spirit Level won
5184-999: The Northern Ireland Assembly Lord Alderdice and former and current Northern Ireland ministers Sir Reg Empey , Mark Durkan , Nigel Dodds and Conor Murphy , and former Irish Free State minister and prominent Sinn Féin member Eoin MacNeill . Also Thomas Andrews (1813–1885) was a longtime professor of chemistry at Queen's University of Belfast. Other alumni include poet Paul Muldoon ; actors Liam Neeson and Stephen Rea ; comedian and presenter Patrick Kielty ; novelists Patrick Hicks and Brian McGilloway ; broadcasters Nick Ross , Bernadette Collins and Annie Mac ; journalist Chris Smith ; scientists John Stewart Bell , Frank Pantridge and Thomas Henry Flewett . Other alumni include John Bodkin Adams , Trevor Ringland and David Cullen (2007 winners of
5292-524: The Pennsylvania college to deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree. He was scheduled to return to Dickinson again to receive the Harold and Ethel L. Stellfox Award—for a major literary figure—at the time of his death in 2013. Irish poet Paul Muldoon was named recipient of the award that year, partly in recognition of the close connection between the two poets. Heaney was awarded
5400-471: The Queen's admissions policy as "among the most socially inclusive in Britain and Northern Ireland". 99.5% of first degree entrants are from state schools , although this is mainly due to the lack of private schools in Northern Ireland. The university gives offers of admission to 86.1% of its applicants, the 3rd highest amongst the Russell Group . In the 2022/23 academic year, the total student population
5508-569: The Speakeasy bar, an acquired space on the Lisburn Road (opposite the Medical Biology Centre). The new Students' Union building, officially named One Elmwood opened to students on 5 September 2022 and houses the Students' Union, Student Guidance Services, the Union bar, and Mandela Hall. It also houses a café called Social and a SPAR retail outlet under the name Union Shop. The students' union provides services including an advice centre with full-time staff to help with issues such as money problems, accommodation and welfare. Commercial services including
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#17327728323885616-592: The Students' Union Council and are therefore eligible to apply for an annual grant from the university. The oldest society in Queen's University is the Literary and Scientific Society which focuses on debating political, cultural and social issues within Northern Ireland. Established in 1850 by Edwin Lawrence Godkin , the society has been very successful and produced some of the finest orators within Northern Ireland. The Dragonslayers Gaming Society hosts one of Ireland's largest games conventions, Q-Con , in June of each year, and cultural groups such as An Cumann Gaelach and
5724-540: The UK. In the 2024 QS World University Rankings , Queen's was ranked 204. It ranked 258th among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings . In the National Student Survey 2013, Queen's was ranked 12th in the UK for student satisfaction. Queen's is ranked 204 in the world according to the 2023 QS World University Rankings . Research at the university includes investigations of cancer, sustainability, radiocarbon dating, wireless technology, creative writing, pharmaceuticals and sonic arts. In 2016,
5832-451: The UK. It is administered by the Students' Representative Council (SRC) (elected every October, on a faculty basis) and an executive (elected in March), who manage the operations of the union in conjunction with several full-time staff. The old union building closed at the end of August 2018 to make way for construction of the new Students' Union building. Interim facilities were provided in other university buildings on Elmwood Avenue and, for
5940-439: The United States. He also continued to give public readings. These events were so well attended and keenly anticipated that those who queued for tickets with such enthusiasm were sometimes dubbed "Heaneyboppers", suggesting an almost teenybopper fan base. In 1990 The Cure at Troy , a play based on Sophocles 's Philoctetes , was published. The next year, he published another volume of poetry, Seeing Things (1991). Heaney
6048-464: The academic world, and with government and business, and it leads national research projects, particularly in areas relating to Ireland and its heritage. The RIA also represents Irish learning internationally, operates a major research library, and is an academic publisher. Election to Membership of the Academy is a public recognition of academic excellence and is sometimes held to be the highest academic honour in Ireland. Those elected are entitled to use
6156-438: The academy were held at the Earl of Charlemont's personal residence Charlemont House . On application to the Commissioners of Inland Navigation , the academy was then granted the use of a building at 114 Grafton Street named Navigation House around 1787, previously used by the Grand Canal Company. The building had originally been constructed in 1766 as the dedicated offices of the Commissioners of Inland Navigation alongside
6264-457: The boxes of notes and drafts and, accompanied by his son Michael, delivered them to the National Library. In June 2012 Heaney accepted the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry's Lifetime Recognition Award and gave a speech in honour of the award. Heaney was compiling a collection of his work in anticipation of Selected Poems 1988–2013 at the time of his death. The selection includes poems and writings from Seeing Things , The Spirit Level ,
6372-402: The club. My grandfather cut more turf in a day Than any other man on Toner's bog. Once I carried him milk in a bottle Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up To drink it, then fell to right away Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods Over his shoulder, going down and down For the good turf. Digging. The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap Of soggy peat,
6480-466: The commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania . In 2002, Heaney was awarded an honorary doctorate from Rhodes University and delivered a public lecture on "The Guttural Muse". In 2003 the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queen's University Belfast . It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, along with a full catalogue of his radio and television presentations. That same year, Heaney decided to lodge
6588-447: The company a permanent group. Heaney joined the company's expanded Board of Directors in 1981. In autumn 1984, his mother, Margaret, died. Heaney became a tenured faculty member at Harvard, as the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory (formerly visiting professor) 1985–1997, and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Poet in Residence at Harvard 1998–2006. In 1986, Heaney received a Litt.D. from Bates College . His father, Patrick, died in October
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#17327728323886696-442: The curatorial process of the exhibition. Though the exhibit's original vision to celebrate Heaney's life and work remains at the forefront, there is a small section commemorating his death and its influence. In September 2015 it was announced that Heaney's family would posthumously publish his translation of Book VI of The Aeneid in 2016. Seamus Heaney died in the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin on 30 August 2013, aged 74, following
6804-448: The curt cuts of an edge Through living roots awaken in my head. But I've no spade to follow men like them. Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests. I'll dig with it. from "Digging", Death of a Naturalist (1966) Heaney studied English Language and Literature at Queen's University Belfast starting in 1957. While there, he found a copy of Ted Hughes 's Lupercal, which spurred him to write poetry. "Suddenly,
6912-476: The designation "MRIA" after their name. The criterion for election to membership is a significant contribution to scholarly research as shown in the candidate's published academic work. However some of those elected to membership are not academics at all but receive the accolade in recognition of other contributions to society: these include former public servants, philanthropists, leaders in political and business life, and others. To be elected to regular membership,
7020-420: The famous Cathach of Colmcille , the Lebor na hUidre ( c. 1100 ), the later medieval Leabhar Breac , the Book of Ballymote , and the Annals of the Four Masters . The RIA is an independent forum of peer-elected experts, operating on an all-Ireland basis, which draws on Members' expertise to contribute to public debate and policy formation on issues in science, technology and culture. It works across
7128-432: The first woman to practice medicine in Ulster . Notable academics who have worked at Queen's include Paul Bew, Baron Bew , Sir David Bates (physicist) , Sir Bernard Crossland , Tony Hoare , Michael Mann , poet and critic Philip Hobsbaum , John H. Whyte and poet Philip Larkin was a sub-librarian at the university in the early 1950s. Four alumni had very long and distinguished careers in East Asia. Sir Robert Hart
7236-655: The funeral mass that his father texted his final words, " Noli timere " (Latin: "Be not afraid"), to his wife, Marie, minutes before he died. His funeral was broadcast live the following day on RTÉ television and radio and was streamed internationally at RTÉ's website. RTÉ Radio 1 Extra transmitted a continuous broadcast, from 8 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. on the day of the funeral, of his Collected Poems album, recorded by Heaney in 2009. His poetry collections sold out rapidly in Irish bookshops immediately following his death. Many tributes were paid to Heaney. President Michael D. Higgins said: ...we in Ireland will once again get
7344-434: The great physicist Galileo , portrayed deep in thought. The International Students Society holds the annual Culture Shock event at Whitla Hall. By holding performances from the diverse student community, Queen's provides one of the largest showcases of international culture in Northern Ireland. Queen's Physical Education Centre (abbreviated to and known widely as the PEC) is one of the largest sports centres in Ireland or
7452-403: The hugely successful Queen's Film Theatre , described as Northern Ireland's leading independent cinema, the Brian Friel Theatre and an art gallery, the Naughton Gallery at Queen's , which is a registered museum. In 2008 the Naughton Gallery was awarded the Times Higher Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts. Housed in the Lanyon building since 2001 is a marble statue by Pio Fedi of
7560-414: The inner tension between the rural Gaelic past exemplified by his father and the industrialized Ulster exemplified by his mother. Heaney attended Anahorish Primary School, and won a scholarship to St Columb's College , a Roman Catholic boarding school in Derry when he was twelve years old. While studying at St Columb's, Heaney's younger brother Christopher was killed in February 1953 at the age of four in
7668-444: The internationalisation of higher education. The university also has exchange programmes with Fordham University School of Law in New York, US, the University of Newcastle and the University of Tasmania in Australia, and two universities in Canada: Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario , and the University of Alberta in Edmonton , Alberta. Ching Yun University in Zhongli District , Taoyuan City , Taiwan, lists Queen's as
7776-399: The island of Ireland. At least two existing Members must propose and recommend a candidate for Honorary Membership. Honorary members are entitled to use the designation "Hon. MRIA" after their name. The Academy is one of the longest-established publishers in Ireland, having commenced in 1787. The Academy currently publishes six journals: The Academy's research projects also regularly publish
7884-547: The late 1990s, 54 per cent of Queen's students were Catholics, compared to a 48 per cent share of the Northern Ireland population aged 18–25. The growing share of Catholics in the student population is partially due to the tendency of middle-class Protestants to attend university in Great Britain rather than in Northern Ireland. In 2009, Queen's signed a joint venture partnership with INTO University Partnerships , creating INTO Queen's University Belfast . The INTO centre
7992-644: The late 19th century the Royal Irish Academy was the owner of the main national collection of Irish antiquities. It presented its collection of archaeological artefacts and similar items, which included such famous pieces as the Tara Brooch , the Cross of Cong and the Ardagh Chalice to what is now the National Museum of Ireland , but retains its very significant collection of manuscripts including
8100-435: The main campus on the southern fringes of Belfast city centre, the university has two associated university colleges , St Mary's and Stranmillis , located in the west and south-west of the city respectively. These colleges offer teacher training for those who wish to pursue teaching careers and a range of degree courses, all of which are centred around a liberal arts core. Although the university refers to its main site as
8208-458: The matter of contemporary poetry was the material of my own life," he said. He graduated in 1961 with a First Class Honours degree. Heaney studied for a teacher certification at St Joseph's Teacher Training College in Belfast (now merged with St Mary's, University College ), and began teaching at St Thomas' Secondary Intermediate School in Ballymurphy, Belfast . The headmaster of this school
8316-469: The only rowing club in Ireland to have a full-time rowing coach. The graphic identity, which includes the logotype, was originally created in 2000 by Lloyd Northover, the British design consultancy founded by John Lloyd and Jim Northover. This identity was updated in 2011 by Belfast-based brand consultancy, Mammoth. Queen's visual identity was redesigned again in October 2017, also by Mammoth, replacing
8424-527: The opening of China Medical University – Queen's University Belfast Joint College (CQC), a partnership between Queen's School of Pharmacy and China Medical University (CMU) in Shenyang , Liaoning Province. CMU, had a long-standing relationship with the Queen's University's School of Pharmacy at Queen's prior to the joint college. Queen's also has links with Shenzhen University , which began in 1998 and continues to prepare approximately 40 students per year for
8532-424: The poet's first, was inspired in part by Heaney's stroke in 2006, which left him "babyish" and "on the brink". Poet and Forward judge Ruth Padel described the work as "a collection of painful, honest and delicately weighted poems ... a wonderful and humane achievement." Writer Colm Tóibín described Human Chain as "his best single volume for many years, and one that contains some of the best poems he has written...
8640-586: The rhythms of ordinary lives and a powerful voice for peace...His wonderful work, like that of his fellow Irish Nobel Prize winners Shaw, Yeats, and Beckett, will be a lasting gift for all the world. Member of the Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy ( RIA ; Irish : Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann ), based in Dublin , is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It
8748-817: The richness and diversity of cultural experience in Europe. Queen%27s University Belfast The Queen's University of Belfast , commonly known as Queen's University Belfast ( Irish : Ollscoil na Banríona ; abbreviated Queen's or QUB ), is a public research university in Belfast , Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The university received its charter in 1845 as part of the Queen's University of Ireland and opened four years later, together with University of Galway (as Queen's College, Galway ) and University College Cork (as Queen's College, Cork ). Queen's offers approximately 300 academic degree programmes at various levels. The current president and vice-chancellor
8856-467: The same year. The loss of both parents within two years affected Heaney deeply, and he expressed his grief in poems. In 1988, a collection of his critical essays, The Government of the Tongue , was published. In 1985 Heaney wrote the poem "From the Republic of Conscience" at the request of Amnesty International Ireland. He wanted to "celebrate United Nations Day and the work of Amnesty". The poem inspired
8964-498: The solidarity he gave to the struggles within the republic of conscience. President Higgins also appeared live from Áras an Uachtaráin on the Nine O'Clock News in a five-minute segment in which he paid tribute to Seamus Heaney. Bill Clinton , former President of the United States, said: Both his stunning work and his life were a gift to the world. His mind, heart, and his uniquely Irish gift for language made him our finest poet of
9072-443: The sudden death of the previous vice-chancellor, Patrick Johnston . Previous vice-chancellors have included Sir David Keir, Lord Ashby of Brandon , Michael Grant , Sir Arthur Vick , Sir Peter Froggatt, Sir Gordon Beveridge , Sir George Bain and Sir Peter Gregson . The role of chancellor is a largely a ceremonial one, involving attending graduations, acting as an ambassador for the university abroad and serving as an advisor to
9180-563: The then headquarters of the Dublin Society which they eventually sold on in 1796. The academy had already been using the building for meetings from 1785. In 1852 the Royal Irish Academy moved to its current premises at 19 Dawson Street , Dublin 2, known as Academy House. Built in c. 1750 , the building has fine decorative plasterwork and a meeting room designed in 1854 by Frederick Clarendon and now used for conferences, exhibitions and public talks. The Academy allows
9288-702: The title of Amnesty International's highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award . In 1988 Heaney donated his lecture notes to the Rare Book Library of Emory University in Atlanta , Georgia, after giving the notable Ellmann Lectures there. In 1989 Heaney was elected Oxford Professor of Poetry , which he held for a five-year term to 1994. The chair does not require residence in Oxford. Throughout this period, he divided his time between Ireland and
9396-499: The translation of Beowulf , Electric Light , District and Circle , and Human Chain (fall 2014). In February 2014 Emory University premiered Seamus Heaney: The Music of What Happens , the first major exhibition to celebrate the life and work of Seamus Heaney since his death. The exhibit holds a display of the surface of Heaney's personal writing desk that he used in the 1980s as well as old photographs and personal correspondence with other writers. Heaney died in August 2013 during
9504-581: The university does not publish data on the religion affiliation of its students, Rupert Taylor , who conducted his PhD research on the university during The Troubles , argued in an article published in 1988 that "Whilst in the past, especially before the Second World War, Catholics were under-represented this is not currently the case". Taylor cites data showing that Catholic representation among undergraduates rose from 21.9 per cent in 1958/59 to 27.4 per cent in 1968/69 and 42.5 per cent in 1978/79. By
9612-539: The university ranked 36th in the UK according to the Complete University Guide . The university has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education on several occasions, including for work in comprehensive cancer services and improving survival rates for patients in Northern Ireland. In 2015, Queen's was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for work in the field of engineering and technology The university also holds
9720-401: The use of these meeting rooms by external bodies when its own activities permit. Academy House was home to many of Ireland's finest national treasures, including the Ardagh Chalice and the Tara Brooch , until 1890 when the Academy transferred its collections to the newly established National Museum of Ireland . The Academy Library holds the largest collection of Old Irish manuscripts in
9828-647: The vice-chancellor. The current chancellor is Hillary Clinton , who was appointed the university's first female chancellor in January 2020 (and was inaugurated in September 2021), taking over from previous incumbent Thomas Moran , who died in August 2018. Clinton had been given an honorary doctorate from the university in October 2018. Previous chancellors have included Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury , Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke , Sir Tyrone Guthrie , Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby , and George J. Mitchell . Queen's University Belfast
9936-429: The wider community, for example Flashes of Brilliance by Dick Ahlstrom, and Judging Dev by Diarmaid Ferriter . Both of these publications have been accompanied by either a television or a radio series. The Academy manages a number of high-profile research projects in the sciences and humanities. Past projects have included The Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO), New Survey of Clare Island (NSCI) , The Origins of
10044-399: The works of Henning Mankell , Donna Leon and Robert Harris while in hospital. Among his visitors was former President Bill Clinton . Heaney's District and Circle won the 2006 T. S. Eliot Prize . In 2008, he became artist of honour in Østermarie , Denmark, and Seamus Heaney Stræde (street) was named after him. In 2009, Heaney was presented with an Honorary-Life Membership award from
10152-550: The world, and is an important research centre for studies covering Irish history, language , archaeology and the history of Irish science. The Library is home to the sixth-century Latin psalter , the Cathach , reputedly copied by St Columcille . The Library also holds the personal library and a harp belonging to Thomas Moore and the philological collection of Osborn J. Bergin . See also Category:Royal Irish Academy Library The President and Council are responsible for
10260-809: The year for 2006/07 for their role in rescuing a young Nepalese climber left for dead near the summit. QUB is one of only 20 universities in the United Kingdom to have an AIESEC local chapter, developing leadership, business and soft skills in highly motivated students, as well as providing international opportunities through their work abroad program. Queen's provides housing for both undergraduates and postgraduates, although many students live at home and commute. In 2005/06, 36% of Queen's students lived in private accommodation within Belfast, 29% lived with parents or guardians, 20% in private accommodation outside of Belfast, and 10% lived in university maintained accommodation. The university provides accommodation on
10368-408: Was "the greatest poet of our age". Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye and ear Heaney has the gift of the story-teller." Upon his death in 2013, The Independent described him as "probably the best-known poet in the world". Heaney was born in the townland of Tamniaran between Castledawson and Toomebridge , Northern Ireland. His family moved to nearby Bellaghy when he
10476-460: Was 24,915, of whom 18,310 were undergraduates and 6,605 postgraduates. In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 87:4:9 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 56:44. There was also a total student population of 2,250 at its St Mary's and Stranmillis university colleges as of 2013/2014. The university was established with the aim of attracting both Protestant and Catholic students. While
10584-518: Was a boy. He became a lecturer at St. Joseph's College in Belfast in the early 1960s, after attending Queen's University and began to publish poetry. He lived in Sandymount , Dublin, from 1976 until his death. He lived part-time in the United States from 1981 to 2006. He was a professor at Harvard from 1981 to 1997, and their Poet in Residence from 1988 to 2006. From 1989 to 1994, he was also
10692-514: Was admitted as a member of the self-appointed Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities in November 2006. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), which assesses the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, the university is ranked 37th by GPA and 24th for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted). The Times Higher Education rankings 2018 placed Queen's 32nd out of 93 in
10800-679: Was also represented in the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1920 to 1968, when graduates elected four members. On 20 June 2006, the university announced a £259 million investment programme focusing on facilities, recruitment and research. One of the outcomes of this investment has been a new university library; the McClay library was designed by Boston-based architects Shepley Bulfinch , working in association with Belfast architects, Robinson Patterson Partnership, and opened in July 2009. The building has been named in honour of Sir Allen McClay ,
10908-462: Was among those elected into its first group. (He was subsequently elected a Saoi , one of its five elders and its highest honour, in 1997). Also in 1981, Heaney travelled to the United States as a visiting professor at Harvard, where he was affiliated with Adams House . He was awarded two honorary doctorates, from Queen's University and from Fordham University in New York City (1982). At
11016-659: Was met with much critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Gregory Award for Young Writers and the Geoffrey Faber Prize. The same year, he was appointed as a lecturer in Modern English Literature at Queen's University Belfast . In 1968, Heaney and Michael Longley undertook a reading tour called Room to Rhyme , which increased awareness of the poet's work. The following year, he published his second major volume, Door into
11124-514: Was modestly pitched, he never sought the limelight, yet for all that, his place in our literature is secure." Heaney's poem "Fosterage", in the sequence "Singing School", from North (1975), is dedicated to him. In 1963 Heaney began lecturing at St Joseph's, and joined the Belfast Group , a poets' workshop organized by Philip Hobsbaum , then an English lecturer at Queen's University. Through this, Heaney met other Belfast poets, including Derek Mahon and Michael Longley . Heaney met Marie Devlin,
11232-704: Was named an Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society , Trinity College Dublin , and was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1991). In 1993 Heaney guest-edited The Mays Anthology , a collection of new writing from students at the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge . That same year, he was awarded the Dickinson College Arts Award and returned to
11340-621: Was one. That same year, he contributed translations of Old Irish marginalia for Songs of the Scribe , an album by Traditional Singer in Residence of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin . In December 2011 Heaney donated his personal literary notes to the National Library of Ireland . Even though he admitted he would likely have earned a fortune by auctioning them, Heaney personally packed up
11448-408: Was published the same year. In 1976 Heaney was appointed Head of English at Carysfort College in Dublin and moved with his family to the suburb of Sandymount . His next collection, Field Work , was published in 1979. Selected Poems 1965-1975 and Preoccupations: Selected Prose 1968–1978 were published in 1980. When Aosdána , the national Irish Arts Council, was established in 1981, Heaney
11556-881: Was the Inspector-General of China's Imperial Maritime Customs for almost 50 years. Sir Hiram Shaw Wilkinson served in British Consular Service in China and Japan for 40 years retiring as Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Corea . Sir James Russell was Chief Justice of Hong Kong. John Carey Hall served in the British Japan Consular Service for more than 40 years, retiring as consul-general in Yokohama . In 2014, Queen's announced
11664-410: Was the writer Michael McLaverty from County Monaghan , who introduced Heaney to the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh . With McLaverty's mentorship, Heaney first started to publish poetry in 1962. Sophia Hillan describes how McLaverty was like a foster father to the younger Belfast poet. In the introduction to McLaverty's Collected Works, Heaney summarised the poet's contribution and influence: "His voice
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