"The Turf Man", Bellaghy
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"The Turf Man", Bellaghy
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 22 Sep 2011
There is an inscription on the spade reading, "For the good digging" It was created in honour of Seamus Heaney's 70th birthday by Scottish artist David Annand, and it is based on one of his most famous poems "Digging". For this poem and others see http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/seamus_heaney/poems/12699
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Image Location
Latitude
54.805747
Longitude
-6.517455