Children across Ireland are sharing their artwork to mark the one year anniversary of lockdown. The library of Trinity College Dublin has launched an online exhibition showcasing children’s drawings, poems, diaries and fictional accounts in response to the first nationwide lockdown this time last year. Most of the works submitted were produced in June of 2020, when it first appeared that lockdown conditions were going to end. There are some common themes throughout the works, with the key ones surrounding school closures and the absence of friends and family members. For example, one child wrote: “I was very sad and confused as I am only 11.

Source: Irish Independent March 12, 2021 13:30 UTC