The co-option of Seamus Heaney | An Phoblacht
» Ciarán Quinn "For the NIO to try and co-opt Heaney is a disservice. I see also some unionist commentators have taken exception to the criticism of the NIO approach, bizarrely claiming that it is akin to saying that Heaney only belongs to nationalists. A ludicrous accusation and position." - Ciarán Quinn This week's controversy over the use of an image of Seamus Heaney to celebrate partition has been another example of NIO arrogance. First a confession. For years I didn’t get Seamus Heaney’s poetry or politics. My first introduction to his poetry was in secondary school when w...
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