Bellaghy Bawn Centre for Poetry and History
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Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 22 Sep 2011
It is a 17th century Plantation house, which is the best restored example of its kind in Northern Ireland. Original manuscripts of the renowned poet Seamus Heaney are kept on display here. He was born on 13 April 1939 at the family farmhouse called Mossbawn, between Castledawson and Toomebridge in Northern Ireland and now lives in Dublin More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Heaney