The Myths We Live By: Memory, Story and Seamus Heaney
Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo
Call No. TIL744
'...undiminished for having happened once,
Twice, ten, a thousand times before.'
Drawing from the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, and Ireland’s own heroic cycles, Heaney found a rich tapestry of story and memory—a way to understand who we are and where we come from.Never settling for a simple retelling of these inherited tales instead, Heaney breathed new life into them, weaving the intimate world of Mossbawn with the vast, resonant landscapes of legend.
Join us at Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again for a special guided tour on Friday 7th and Friday 21st November at 11:30am that traces these interwoven threads of story and self.
From the poet’s early encounters with local folklore to his later meditations on classical figures such as Antaeus and Hercules, the tour invites you to follow Heaney’s journey as he transformed the myths he inherited into something wholly his own.
If our team can be of any assistance, please contact us at heaneyexhibition@nli.ie
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