Disgrifiodd [[Robert Pinsky]] Heaney gan ddweud, ''"with his wonderful gift of eye and ear Heaney has the gift of the story-teller"''.<ref>Pinsky, Robert ''Poetry and The World'' The Eco Press Hopewell ISBN 088001217x088001217X</ref> Galwodd [[Robert Lowell]] ef ''"the most important Irish poet since [[W. B. Yeats|Yeats]]"'' a chafwyd sylwadau tebyg gan nifer o feirniaid llenyddol gan gynnwys yr awdur [[John Sutherland (awdur)|John Sutherland]] pan ddywedodd mai Heaney oedd ''"the greatest poet of our age"''.<ref name="Sutherland"/> Ar ei farwolaeth yn Awst 2013 disgrifiwyd ef yn yr ''[[The Independent|Independent]]'' fel ''"probably the best-known poet in the world"''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/seamus-heaney-obituary-nobel-prizewinning-irish-poet-8791807.html|title=''Seamus Heaney obituary: Nobel Prize-winning Irish Poet''|date=30 Awst 2013|accessdate=30 Awst 2013|first=Patricia|last=Craig|work=The Independent|publisher=Independent Print Limited}}</ref>
[[Delwedd:SeamusHeaneyLowRes.jpg|bawd|chwith|Heaney yn 1970.]]
