Video Clip of Meal

https://vimeo.com/132198977

Sarah McDowell interview, "Meaningful Objects"

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Gareth

I have my PT cert in my car with me at all times.  I usually lose items over time but I haven't lost my car yet!!   I couldn't even tell you where my Leaving Cert is.  It was something I wanted to do for a long time which I finally had a chance to do last year.

Moses Basket Sibéal

Sibéal was 4 days old when she slept in the Moses basket for the first time. The support legs were long gone so it was sitting inside the cot, that she would progress to when she got too big for the basket. She looked so small and cuddly in there and it was lovely to know that she was the first of the next generation to sleep in the same bed that her mother, aunts and uncles had all slept in.

Whitbread Tankard

This necklace belonged to my Gran (Joice Glass) who won the Whitbread Tankard for playing bowls and my grandfather bought her the silver chain to put it onto. It’s quite a chunky item and not like the jewellery that she normally wore which was fine and elegant. She gave the chain and tankard to me as a present about 15 years ago and I wear it all the time. My Gran was a radar girl in the Second World War, scanning the air for threats to the Home Front with a few adventures along the way. I was born on her birthday, April 2^nd, and we were always close up until she passed away at the age of 89 in 2012. I remember her and her life through this necklace and having it makes me feel closer to her memory.

Lego Spaceman

This is an original lego spaceman from the 80s.  It reminds me how lego wasn’t gendered then, how unrestricted I was in my toy choices.  It also provides a meaningful connection to my kids, and reminds them that even an aul one like me was a kid once.