Context: I.iv.16. Manuscript and typescript draft of poems for inclusion in 'No Man's Land',

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:	Includes draft of the title and dedication page, and drafts of the poems 'Gifts of Rain', 'The Wool Trade', 'Limbo' , 'Bye-Child', 'Maighdean Mara', 'Shore Woman', 'A Winter's Tale', 'Fireside', 'Good-Night', 'The Last Mummer', 'The Snare', 'First Calf', 'Veteran's Dream', 'Augury', 'Wedding Day' (draf dated 28 Dec 1970), 'Mother of the Groom', 'The Smell', 'Home', 'Bathing' and 'Aubade' (revised and collected as Sections I-IV of 'Summer Home'), 'Spile', 'Diptych: Offerings', 'May', 'Serenades', 'Dawn', 'Icon', 'The Snare', 'The Other Sort' (collected as Section III of 'The Other Side'), 'No Man's Land', 'Dulse' (worksheet with marginal doodles), 'Proem', 'Stump', 'Medallion', 'Servant Boy', 'Hired-Boy', 'A Mossbawn Hoard', 'Museum Pieces for Michael S. Harper', 'Astray', 'Pastoral', 'Spell', 'A Midsummer' and 'Gift'.
In collection:	Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format:	Manuscript
Subjects:	English poetry > Irish authors > 20th century
Notes:	'No Man's Land' was a working title for the collection published as 'Wintering Out'. Taken from a folder marked as 'Wintering Out' by Heaney. Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional Seamus Heaney manuscripts held in the Department of Manuscripts (MS 41,932/1-3). This consists of manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem 'Sweeney Astray', with additional notes on early Irish poetry; Physical description: 79 pages. more
Arrangement:	Sub-fonds

Bibliographic Details
In Collection:	Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Description:	Includes draft of the title and dedication page, and drafts of the poems 'Gifts of Rain', 'The Wool Trade', 'Limbo' , 'Bye-Child', 'Maighdean Mara', 'Shore Woman', 'A Winter's Tale', 'Fireside', 'Good-Night', 'The Last Mummer', 'The Snare', 'First Calf', 'Veteran's Dream', 'Augury', 'Wedding Day' (draf dated 28 Dec 1970), 'Mother of the Groom', 'The Smell', 'Home', 'Bathing' and 'Aubade' (revised and collected as Sections I-IV of 'Summer Home'), 'Spile', 'Diptych: Offerings', 'May', 'Serenades', 'Dawn', 'Icon', 'The Snare', 'The Other Sort' (collected as Section III of 'The Other Side'), 'No Man's Land', 'Dulse' (worksheet with marginal doodles), 'Proem', 'Stump', 'Medallion', 'Servant Boy', 'Hired-Boy', 'A Mossbawn Hoard', 'Museum Pieces for Michael S. Harper', 'Astray', 'Pastoral', 'Spell', 'A Midsummer' and 'Gift'.
Main Creator:	Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Extent:	79 pages.
Format:	Manuscript
Call Number:	MS 49,493/26 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:	Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 2000, the papers in this collection are in copyright. It is necessary to obtain the express permission of the copyright owner before reproducing any material from this collection.