Japanese students do a haiku version of Seamus Heaney's Life

It seems that five Japanese students went to Magherafelt to be incubated in the Heaney nest. They went around to any area that was mentioned in a poem or by reference from the poet himself in order to fully understand and appreciate the work of the great man. Mr Kielt told the Belfast Telegraph: "I am not trying to interpret Heaney, but to put the poems in context and to explain the history of the area. To let them experience the real Ireland, to get right into the heart of the country."

So I suppose they finished the tour by moving to Dublin and getting huge tax breaks.

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