The Seamus Heaney sonnet When All the Others Were Away at Mass has been chosen by the public as Ireland's best-loved poem of the past 100 years in RTÉ's A Poem for Ireland poll.
The announcement was made by President Michael D Higgins during the filming of a special episode of The Works at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.
The programme will air this Friday, March 13, at 8:30pm on RTÉ One.
Commenting, Seamus Heaney's son Mick said: "We are delighted and honoured that my father's sonnet When All the Others Were Away at Mass has been voted by the public as the Poem for Ireland, particularly given the magnificent short-list it was part of."
He continued: "Dad was never happier than when reading or writing poetry, so for his work to be part of a project that shows the sweep of Irish poetry and underlines its crucial part in our culture is a wonderful tribute to his life and work, for which our family are truly grateful."
When All the Others Were Away at Mass is taken from Clearances III - In Memoriam M.K.H., 1911-1984.
Glen Killane, Managing Director, RTÉ Television, said: "RTÉ's A Poem for Ireland project was all about celebrating one of the things we do best as a nation.
"The thousands of thoughtful and considered responses from the public to the initial call for nominations and to the 10 shortlisted poems is clear evidence of just how much poetry means to us as a people.
"We hope that this project will, like Ireland's Favourite Painting, encourage more people to read, buy and enjoy Irish poetry - and that the RTÉ A Poem for Ireland poems will remain among our best-loved for generations to come."
The 10 shortlisted poems were:
1) A Christmas Childhood by Patrick Kavanagh
2) A Disused Shed in Co Wexford by Derek Mahon
3) Dublin by Louis MacNeice
4) Easter 1916 by William Butler Yeats
5) Fill Arís by Seán Ó Ríordáin
6) Filleadh ar an gCathair by Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
7) Making Love Outside Áras an Uachtaráin by Paul Durcan
8) Quarantine by Eavan Boland
9) The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks by Paula Meehan
10) When All the Others Were Away at Mass by Seamus Heaney
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