Seamus Heaneylaid to rest

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd Sep 2013, 10:13 GMT

THE world-renowned Seamus Heaney was laid to rest in Bellaghy on Monday.

Educated at St Columb’s College he was widely recognised as one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

Family flowers on the coffin of Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney before his funeral at the Sacred Heart Church in Donnybrook in south Dublin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday September 2, 2013. See PA story FUNERAL Heaney. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

placeholder image — Family flowers on the coffin of Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney before his funeral at the Sacred Heart Church in Donnybrook in south Dublin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday September 2, 2013. See PA story FUNERAL Heaney. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Though an Irish nationalist he freely met Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Dublin in 2011. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995.

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