Context: I.iv.18. Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for possible inclusion in 'Wintering Out',

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:	Includes draft contents pages, acknowledgement pages and worksheets with drafts of the poems 'The Dirraghs', 'Bog Oak', 'Solution' (worksheet with marginal doodles possibly by Heaney's children), 'A Gift of Rain', 'The Tinder Box' (drafted dated Feb 1970), 'Bye-Child', 'Broagh' (draft dated 12 Jan 1972), 'Roots', 'Linen Town', 'The Other Sort' (collected as Section III of 'The Other Side'), 'Beggar', 'Augury', 'Museum Pieces for Michael S. Harper', 'Hawthorns', 'A Winter's Tale' and 'To A Robber'.
In collection:	Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format:	Manuscript
Subjects:	English poetry > Irish authors > 20th century
Notes:	Taken from a file marked '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: 30 pages. more
Arrangement:	Sub-fonds

Bibliographic Details
In Collection:	Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Description:	Includes draft contents pages, acknowledgement pages and worksheets with drafts of the poems 'The Dirraghs', 'Bog Oak', 'Solution' (worksheet with marginal doodles possibly by Heaney's children), 'A Gift of Rain', 'The Tinder Box' (drafted dated Feb 1970), 'Bye-Child', 'Broagh' (draft dated 12 Jan 1972), 'Roots', 'Linen Town', 'The Other Sort' (collected as Section III of 'The Other Side'), 'Beggar', 'Augury', 'Museum Pieces for Michael S. Harper', 'Hawthorns', 'A Winter's Tale' and 'To A Robber'.
Main Creator:	Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Extent:	30 pages.
Format:	Manuscript
Call Number:	MS 49,493/28 (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.