Twenty-five young people from Laurencetown in County Down developed the Rings of Time project after seeing the growth rings in the stump of a felled horse chestnut tree in the grounds of their local community centre.
The young people, aged between 14 and 18, decided to create an intergenerational project to record the history of their local village, using the felled tree as inspiration.
The young people are working with Tullyish Historical Society and a local genealogist as well as taking oral histories from families in the community to discover the village’s history.
They will record their research in an archive to be held at the community centre and will produce a DVD and a website. Since it inspired the project, a "reflection chair", in which members of the public can sit and think of the past, will be carved into the horse chestnut stump.
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