Editing Seamus Heaney (section)

==Legacy==

The [[Seamus Heaney HomePlace]], in Bellaghy, is a literary and arts centre which commemorates Heaney's legacy.<ref>[http://www.irishnews.com/photos/videodiaries/2018/05/16/news/video-seamus-heaney-homeplace-1331526/ video tribute].</ref> His literary papers are held by the [[National Library of Ireland]].

Following an approach by [[Fintan O'Toole]], the Heaney family authorised a biography of the poet, with access to family-held records (2017). O'Toole had been somewhat acquainted with Heaney and Heaney had, according to his son, admired O'Toole's work.<ref name="Gu_171114_SHeaney_bio_FOT">{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=14 November 2017 |title=Seamus Heaney's biographer races to see poet's faxes before they fade |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/14/seamus-heaneys-biographer-races-to-see-poets-faxes-before-they-fade |access-date=23 September 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

In November 2019, the documentary ''Seamus Heaney and the music of what happens'' was aired on [[BBC Two]]. His wife Marie and his children talked about their family life and read some of the poems he wrote for them. For the first time, Heaney's four brothers remembered their childhood and the shared experiences that inspired many of his poems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – Seamus Heaney and the music of what happens |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bxwv |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

In 2022, ''The Translations of Seamus Heaney'' was published, edited by Marco Sonzogni.

In 2023, ''The Letters of Seamus Heaney'' was published, edited by [[Christopher Reid (writer)|Christopher Reid]].<ref>[https://literaryreview.co.uk/burdens-of-a-nobel-laureate ''literary Review'', "Burdens of a Nobel Laureate"] October 2023</ref>

In 2025, ''The Poems of Seamus Heaney'' will be published, edited by Bernard O'Donoghue and Rosie Lavan. 
It encompasses all the poems Heaney published in his lifetime as well as the small number that appeared after his death: twelve single volumes, from Death of a Naturalist (1966) to Human Chain (2010), and those poems published in pamphlets, journals and magazines or with limited circulation. In addition, the book includes a small selection of previously unseen material.