In the frame as Heaney portrait gets new home

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Noirin McKinney, Director, Arts Council of Northern Ireland; Anne-Marie Campbell, Director, Mid Ulster District Council; and Jeffrey Morgan, Artist.

A portrait of the late Bellaghy born Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney is to get a new home.

The artwork by Jeffrey Morgan will be on display at HomePlace.

The portrait is on a long-term loan from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

It features Heaney in his Dublin study.

It's framed using wood from a 200-year-old walnut tree that fell in Jeffrey Morgan's garden during a storm. 

The salvaged wood was much admired by Heaney in a visit to the Welsh artist's home.

Councillor Trevor Wilson, chair of the Mid-Ulster District Council responsible for the HomePlace centre, says the painting will be a welcome addition to the exhibition.

“We are both pleased and privileged to be giving the portrait a new home, thanks to the generosity of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the artist, Jeffrey Morgan,” he said.

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