Heaney was born in a family farmhouse called Mossbawn on the 13th of April 1939.

The first book that Heaney had published was called Death Of A Naturalist and it remains one of his most popular books to this day

Heaney was the first receipient of the Nobel Prize award for English Literature in 199

The same year that Heaney had made his book called "Death of a naturalist" , Heaney had his first son called Michael. Two years after he had a son named Christopher.

Heaney was married to Marie Devlin , she died the same year that he died , 2013.

Heaney died in the Blackrock Clinic of complications from a stroke , he was buried in the same graveyard as many relatives including his parents and his funeral was held in Donnybrook , Dublin.