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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:	Worksheets contain drafts of 'The Tollund Man in Springtime', 'Testimony: The Ajax Incident', 'Polish Sleepers', 'The Road Taken' (colllected as 'Nonce Words'; draft dated 7/1/2003), 'Brancardier', 'Moyulla' (with a draft dated 26/2/2005), 'To Mick Joyce in Heaven' (with draft dated 6/3/2005), 'Planting the Alder' (draft dated Feb 2005), 'How Goes The Night Boy?', 'The Birch Grove', 'Wordsworth Skates', 'Rilke: After the Fire', 'Rilke: The Apple Orchard', 'District and Circle' (fragments, dated July and 17. Aug 2005), 'A Found Poem' (collected as 'Like everybody else ...'), 'Helping Sarah' (draft dated 16 Mar), 'Chairing Mary', 'Anahorish 1944', 'Anything Can Happen', 'The Turnip-Snedder', 'Poet to Blacksmith', 'In Iowa' and 'Quitting Time'. Also included are drafts of the contents page and promotional introduction to the collection. more
In collection:	Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format:	Manuscript
Subjects:	Heaney, Seamus, > 1939-2013
Notes:	Taken from a file originally marked as 'District and Circle' 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: 55 pages. more
Arrangement:	Sub-fonds