Celebrating the Canal

Dublin City Libraries came up trumps again last week, mounting an exhibition of artwork by students of Crumlin's Scoil Iosagain. Held in the Dolphin's Barn Library, the exhibition is called “Introducing Canal Life”, focussing on the Grand Canal which, before the days of motorways and Luas, was one of Dublin's lifelines. I was really impressed by these youngsters’ work, and by the effort they and their teachers put into the exhibition.