Place and Displacement. Recent Poetry of Northern Ireland. Trustees of Dove Cottage, 1985. Pp, 22. Grey wrappers printed in black. A very good copy.

Inscribed by Heaney on title page: “At Alan’s bidding I have raced to Cheltenham where, undisplaced amid the soup and drink and bread, at home from home, I lay my head. Love to Alan and Shelagh, Seamus, 13 October 1988.” ‘

Pete Laver Memorial Lecture’ delivered at the Wordsworth Summer Conference, Grasmere on 2nd August 1984.