Students at Coláiste Dhúlaigh in north Dublin organise a tribute to remember victims of the Stardust disaster.
The Stardust tragedy saw 48 young people killed and over 200 people injured when a fire broke out in the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin on 14 February 1981.
While people have been talking for two years about how to remember the Stardust victims, the pupils of their old school Coláiste Dhúlaigh have actually done something about it.
One pupil of the Coolock school and 14 former students perished in the blaze, so all of the present pupils were keen to find a way to commemorate their memory. The school's environmental committee took on the task of deciding the best way to do this.
We started talking about just 48 shrubs and the idea worked from there to a monument.
The committee decided to have a garden of remembrance in the school because most of the victims were from the surrounding area.
Many of them belonged to this school, their families and friends are still pupils here and they felt they wanted to build a memorial in remembrance of their friends.
Over a three week period about £600 was collected in the school itself and everybody contributed to the fund.
The Stardust fires will never be forgotten by the people of north Dublin so the monument is a fitting way to commemorate the memory of those who were lost.
The memorial was unveiled at Coláiste Dhúlaigh by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Daniel Browne on 17 February 1983.
An 'Ireland’s Eye’ report broadcast on 23 February 1983. The reporter is John O'Donoghue.
