 Some critics, such as Eavan Boland of the Irish Times, applauded Heaney for his engagement with "mature" political themes.However, others expressed disappointment that Heaney did not do more to address the Troubles head on.The tension around how the poet wrote about the Troubles would continue to be of interest in the critical reception of following volumes like "North" published in 1975, and are the subject of several interviews with the poet himself such as Heaney's 1977 interview with Seamus Dean "Unhappy and at Home".