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Radio Ulster,2 mins

SeriesSeries 16

Seamus Heaney and Robert Burns

A Kist o Wurds

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We hear about the time that Seamus Heaney first encountered ‘To a Mouse’ by Robert Burns and we hear Seamus Heaney read his poem, A Birl For Burns, which he contributed to a volume called: ‘A Night out with Burns’. (Broadcast: 2 Feb 2008)

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