Galway Bay fm newsroom - A link between the trees at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin and the Furniture and GMIT Letterfrack campus is the focus of a new book that has been launched in Connemara.
The book, entitled “See the Wood from the Trees”, tells the story about how fallen trees at the Aras were used by students at GMIT Letterfrack - the National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design and Technology.
A wild wind that blew through the Phoenix Park in Dublin in 2013 brought down massive trees that had stood in the Gardens of Áras an Uachtaráin for 250 years.
Through an initiative by President Michael D. Higgins, the fallen trees were transported to GMIT Letterfrack in Connemara.
President Higgins has often visited GMIT's Letterfrack campus over the years.
An oak tree, an ash tree and a beech tree from the Áras gardens were moulded in various ways as new products by the students in Letterfrack.
A book has now been written by the Head of GMIT Letterfrack, Dermot O' Donovan, alongside GMIT lecturer, Marion McGarry in which this project and the links between GMIT Letterfrack and Aras an Uachtaráin are detailed.
The book has been put on the market by Letterfrack based publishers, Artisan House.
