# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Nicholas Allen In Conversation
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for an evening of conversation and music with Neil Hegarty and Iarla Ó Lionáird to celebrate the publication of Nicholas Allen’s Late Heaney. 

Late Heaney follows Seamus Heaney through the landscapes, friendships and events that shaped his last four collections, The Spirit Level, Electric Light, District and Circle and Human Chain, all set in conversation with his work at large. Heaney’s later life was a time of transformative change and achievement. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995, after which he became a writer of global standing. 

This book grounds that experience in the history and geography of the places he wrote about, with an eye to the artists who influenced him and the people he knew. It is published by Oxford University Press. 

Nicholas Allen is Baldwin Professor in Humanities at the University of Georgia. 

Derry-born writer and novelist Neil Hegarty is one of Ireland’s leading literary voices. 

Iarla Ó Lionáird is a sean-nós singer, known globally, notably with The Gloaming.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/magherafelt/nicholas-allen-in-conversation/200029362806441
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://seamusheaneyhome.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873660548?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=magherafelt-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Magherafelt
- **state**: NI
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 45 Main Street, BT45 8HT Bellaghy, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 54.80787
- **long**: -6.52117
- **full address**: 45 Main Street, BT45 8HT Bellaghy, United Kingdom, Seamus Heaney Homeplace, 45 Main Street, Magherafelt, BT45 8, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Seamus Heaney HomePlace (https://allevents.in/org/seamus-heaney-homeplace/16421994)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 45 Main Street, BT45 8HT Bellaghy, United Kingdom, Seamus Heaney Homeplace, 45 Main Street, Magherafelt, BT45 8, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Seamus Heaney HomePlace
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Nicholas Allen In Conversation ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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