Liam Neeson: 'Ireland has lost part of its soul'

Poet Seamus Heaney dies

Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, who won the Nobel Prize for literature, has died aged 74, according to BBC News.

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Liam Neeson paid tribute to the poet Credit: Reuters

Hollywood actor Liam Neeson said Ireland had lost a part of its soul with the death of the renowned poet.

"With Seamus Heaney's passing, Ireland, and Northern Ireland especially, has lost a part of its artistic soul," said the Co Antrim-born star.

"He crafted, through his poetry, who we are as a species and the living soil that we toiled in.

"By doing so, he defined our place in the universe. May he rest in peace," he told the BBC.

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