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New HomePlace arts centre to celebrate life and work of Seamus Heaney

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 | 3:01 AM

Opening will take place next month after £4.25m transformation of police station in poet’s Derry hometown Bellaghy

A once heavily fortified RUC police station, for decades a symbol of division during Northern Ireland’s Troubles, will next month complete a remarkable £4.25m transformation celebrating a village’s most famous son.

The site of Bellaghy station is to become Seamus Heaney HomePlace, an important arts and literary centre exploring the life, literature and inspirations of the Nobel prize-winning poet who died in 2013 and is buried in the nearby church graveyard.

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