Heaney is a surname of Irish origin. People with the name include:
- Aidan Heaney, a retired English football player
- Charles Heaney, an American photographer and painter
- Craig Heaney, a British actor of screen, stage and radio
- Dermot Heaney, a former Irish Gaelic footballer
- Francis Heaney, the author of the humor collection Holy Tango of Literature
- Gerald William Heaney, federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals
- Geraldine Heaney, an Irish-Canadian ice hockey head coach
- Harry Heaney, an Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry
- Mark Heaney, a drummer
- Neil Heaney, an English former footballer
- Sarah Heaney, a Scottish television presenter
- Seamus Heaney, an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize
- Stewart Heaney, Canadian cricketer
- Thomas Heaney, an Australian rules footballer
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Famous quotes containing the word heaney:
“By God, the old man could handle a spade.
Just like his old man.”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)
“It was a day of cold
Raw silence, wind-blown
Surplice and soutane:
Rained-on, flower-laden
Coffin after coffin
Seemed to float from the door”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)
“smile
As you find a rhythm
Working you, slow mile by mile,
Into your proper haunt
Somewhere, well out, beyond . . .”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)