Hobsbaum, Heaney and The Belfast Group.
room 10 ECHOES
A walk through the locations touched by The Belfast Creative Writing Group.
Aoife Magill
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The Echoes
The Lanyon
In 1962, a new lecturer in English Literature arrived at Queen’s. A London born poet and critic, hi…
The McClay Library
In the Special Collections section of the McClay library can be found a gift from Philip Hobsbaum. …
4 Fitzwilliam Street
In 1963, the Hobsbaum’s began hosting meetings here at number 4 Fitzwilliam Street, their home. Wri…
The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry
During the later years of the group, Ciaran Carson joined as a writer. Carson would later go on to …
16 Ashley Avenue
Although the original house was demolished in 2002, this location is where Seamus and Marie Heaney l…
The old Four In Hand pub
Similarly to the Heaney’s home on Ashley Avenue, the old Four In Hand pub is no more, but hosted the…
Blackberry Picking
Blackberry picking, one of Heaney’s most famous poems from Death of a Naturalist, published in 1966,…
Last Orders - Ciaran Carson
Squeeze the buzzer on the steel mesh gate like a trigger, but
It’s someone else who has you in their…
Dead End
Whilst best known as a critic, Hobsbaum wrote his own poetry too.
We once lodged in that street.
The…
Elegy for Fats Waller
The importance of the group is debated, with Michael Longley claiming he ‘never altered even one sem…
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