Heaney

[hey-nee]

noun

1. Seamus 1939–2013, Irish poet: Nobel Prize 1995.

Heaney

/ ˈhiːnɪ /

noun

1. Seamus ( Justin ) (ˈʃeɪməs). Born 1939, Irish poet and critic, born in Northern Ireland. His collections include Death of a Naturalist (1966), North (1975), The Haw Lantern (1987), The Spirit Level (1996), District and Circle (2006), and Human Chain (2010). Nobel prize for literature 1995

Example Sentences

The Dodgers got four players from the Miami Marlins, then swapped pitcher Andrew Heaney to the Angels for infielder Howie Kendrick.

From Los Angeles Times

District Judge Conor Heaney confirmed the case would come before the court again on 30 July.

From BBC

One of the claimants in the rugby league case is Roy Heaney, who played for Wigan and Salford in the 1980s, and was diagnosed with early-onset dementia and probable CTE.

From BBC

In January, the Cut published a piece by the writer Katie Heaney about her “breast reduction from hell.”

From Slate

“This was comforting to hear,” Heaney writes, “but it also made me wonder why nobody warned me before.”

From Slate