C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
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Kate Thompson, 65
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Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
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Brian Moore (1921-1999)
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Eve Bunting (1928-2023)
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Brian Friel (1929-2015)
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Lisa McGee, 45
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Gary Mitchell, 60
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Michael Longley (1939-2025)
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Ciaran Carson (1948-2019)
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Colin Bateman, 63
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Peter Morwood, 68
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Derek Mahon (1941-2020)
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John Harold Hewitt (1907-1987)
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Paul Muldoon, 74
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Seamus Deane (1940-2021)
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Maurice Leitch (1933-2023)
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Martin Waddell, 84
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Louis Macneice (1907-1963)
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Medbh McGuckian, 75
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Born in Northern Ireland
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