Local woman in new National Treasures book
POLIO survivor Jackie Minnock from Dundalk is one of the featured contributors in the brand new National Treasures Book.
Jackie appears in the latest instalment of the National Treasures project that captured the nations imagination when it aired on RTE1 earlier this year.
The Dundalk woman who brought along her Fixed Ankle Orthosis to a National Treasures Roadshow in Belfast is one of a select few individuals to be featured in the publication.
Jackie is a polio survivor from the outbreak in Dublin in 1958 and her featured object reveals ‘ the struggle many people faced at the time of the polio outbreak.’
The National Treasures project was a campaign to collect objects cherished by people and families that explore the history of the island of Ireland over the past 100 years.
The aim was to gather ob- jects, passed down through generations or relatively recently acquired, which revealed an aspect of Ireland’s history, culture and experience.
Since then, the project has transformed from a website to nationwide roadshow events, a TV series, an exhibition and now a book containing some of the amazing objects and stories uncovered.
With a foreword by RTÉ’s John Creedon, this fascinating book reveals a selection of 200 diverse and fascinating objects that were unearthed by the project and presents them alongside the owners and the personal stories attached.
From a pair of Sonia O’Sullivan’s Olympic running shoes to a War of Independence grenade, the stories contained within are profound, entertaining, heart-warming and tragic.
‘National Treasures’ is available now in book shops and online at www.nationaltreasures.ie/shop