I.vi.9. Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for inclusion in a collection with a working title 'Mossbawn',

[n.d.]

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Main Creator: Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:Contains a mansucript title page (drafts of contents page on verso) and mansucript and typescript drafts of poems 'Reliquary' (revised collected as 'Strange Fruit' in 'North'), 'Bog Queen', 'In Devon' (revised and collected as Section VI of 'Bone Dreams' in 'North'), 'Maiden Castle', 'Act of Union', 'Antaeus', 'Bog Litany' (revised and collected as Section II of 'Kinship' in 'North') and 'A Peacock's Feather for Daisy Garnett'.
In collection: Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format: Manuscript
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Notes:'Mossbawn' may have been a working title for the collection of poems published as 'North' in 1975.

Taken from a folder marked as 'North' by Seamus Heaney.

Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional Seamus Heaney manuscripts held in the Department of Manuscripts (MS 41,932/1-3). This consists of manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem 'Sweeney Astray', with additional notes on early Irish poetry;

Physical description: 21 pages.

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Arrangement:Sub-fonds