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Minister launches Finn's GalleryFriday, May 28 2010 The Minister of the Environment, Edwin Poots launched Finn’s Gallery on Friday 28th May at Portballintrae Village Hall.
The event incorporated various activities including a Beach Clean to celebrate World Ocean Day on the 8th June and involved stakeholders from the environmental, tourism, community, local authority and private sectors as well as pupils from Dunseverick Primary School, St Patrick’s & St Brigid’s Primary School, Ballycastle; Bushmills Primary School; Portrush Primary School; Straidbilly Primary School and St Patrick’s Primary School, Portrush. Prior to the launch of the book Minister Poots commented: ‘Too often we take for granted what is under our very noses. It was my very great pleasure and privilege to see with new eyes the outstanding natural beauty of the Causeway Coast as revealed in images produced for the Picture This! competition. These talented young photographers have captured the essence of this area. From the sweeping vistas (so fresh you can almost feel the sea-air on your face) to the intimate details that are so easily overlooked but which distil the distinctive character of the place. To people of all ages, I commend this book. Use it to see, through the fresh eyes of children, this unique landscape. Our outstanding landscape today and their heritage for the future.’
Finn’s Gallery will be available in schools, libraries and tourist information centres or contact the CCGHT office at 02820752100 to receive your free copy.
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Finn’s Gallery is a photographic book illustrating images captured by local primary school children in the recent Picture This! 20 years of the Causeway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty photography project. This project was lead by the Causeway Coast & Glens Heritage Trust (CCGHT) and was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Paul Mullan, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund Northern Ireland; Patrick Lennon from Tourism Ireland and Dr David Erwin, Chairman of the Causeway Coast & Glens Heritage Trust spoke to an audience of more than one hundred at the recently constructed village hall which has breathtaking views of Runkerry and the Atlantic.
