{"id":13188,"date":"2016-12-13T15:17:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T14:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=13188"},"modified":"2016-12-13T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T14:17:23","slug":"%e2%80%98come-home-to-homeplace%e2%80%99-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/12\/%e2%80%98come-home-to-homeplace%e2%80%99-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Come Home To HomePlace\u2019 this Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>To celebrate its first Christmas, Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy is inviting 100 lucky ex-pats to \u2018Come Home to HomePlace\u2019, with a complimentary visit to the centre\u2019s exhibition from Tuesday 27<sup>th<\/sup> to Friday 30<sup>th<\/sup> December.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/press11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-13189\" title=\"press\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/press11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a>Anyone homeward bound for the festive season simply needs to register and then bring proof of travel \u2013 plus two paying friends or family from home \u2013 to enjoy a journey through the new arts and literary centre which marks the life and literature of Seamus Heaney.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the seasonal promotion, Chair of Mid Ulster District Council, Councillor Trevor Wilson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHome is never closer to the heart than at Christmas, and we are delighted to be offering a warm welcome back to ex-pats who travel from across the world at this time of year to be with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd where better to visit than\u00a0HomePlace, located at the heart of the area where the poet and Nobel Laureate had his roots and where he returned to time and again, both in person and through his work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exhibition itself explores Heaney\u2019s deep-rooted connections with this place and its people, featuring dozens of personal stories, photographs and artefacts, as well as the voice of the poet himself, and will resonate with anyone who is coming home\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Complimentary entry to the Seamus Heaney HomePlace exhibition is available on production of proof of travel from outside of Northern Ireland (e.g. boarding pass, plane or ferry ticket) and when accompanied by two other full-paying adults. The \u2018Come Home to HomePlace\u2019 offer is valid only from Tuesday 27<sup>th<\/sup> to Friday 30<sup>th<\/sup> December 2016.<\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>To book for the \u2018Come Home to HomePlace this Christmas\u2019 offer, please register by email with <a href=\"mailto:seamusheaneyhome@midulstercouncil.org\">seamusheaneyhome@midulstercouncil.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate its first Christmas, Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy is inviting 100 lucky ex-pats to \u2018Come Home to HomePlace\u2019, with a complimentary visit to the centre\u2019s exhibition from Tuesday 27th to Friday 30th December. Anyone homeward bound for the festive season simply needs to register and then bring proof of travel \u2013 plus two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/12\/%e2%80%98come-home-to-homeplace%e2%80%99-this-christmas\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13190,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13188\/revisions\/13190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}