A graphic design student from Dublin says he is determined to bring the story of the Stardust tragedy to younger generations.
24-year-old Conor Leech's grandmother, Bridget McDermott, lost three of her children in a fire in the Artane ballroom on Valentine's Day in 1981.
Willie, George and Marcella McDermott were among the 48 young people - aged between 16 and 28 - who died in the disaster.
Mr Leech tells his family's story - along with the stories of other families and survivors - in the graduate showcase exhibition at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD).
The show comes as the Stardust inquests in the Dublin Coroner's Court - said to be the biggest inquests in the history of the State - have begun hearing from their first witnesses.
"My grandmother Bridget has been a strong campaigner over the years, alongside my aunties, my mother and the other families, to try to get justice," he said.
"I started to become aware of Stardust more as I got older. And as I met people, especially in college, I found out they didn't know about the fire. And even if they did know what happened, they assumed that it had been sorted out a long time ago. It was as if the Stardust fire had been wiped under the carpet.
"I really do feel that a lot of people from my generation don't know anything about it. So, for me it was very important to try to create a bridge between the generation who died in the fire with my generation who are alive now. Because that could be us in any nightclub today."
Through the use of photography, posters, film and a book, Mr Leech explores the generational trauma of Stardust.
"It was around Christmas time, and we were all thinking about our final projects. And I knew at the time that the new inquest would be starting within weeks of the exhibition. I was talking to my friends about it and a lot of them just didn't know about the fire. I found myself repeatedly telling the story.
"And their faces when I told them that this disaster happened in Dublin, relatively recently, and had never been resolved... they were shocked.
"The penny just dropped, and I realised that I'm a visual communicator, so I should try to communicate my family's story and the stories of the families of the other victims. They are the most amazingly strong and resilient people that I've ever met. They have done so much over the past 42 years, and I just want to highlight that."
Mr Leech interviewed several members of his own family for the project.
"I had heard about Stardust growing up, but often they would talk about it in a very campaign-focussed way. But when I sat down with them, with a clipboard and questions, I was shocked at what I heard and I think they were shocked at what they were telling me, because I don't think they had spoken about it like that before.
"It was incredibly emotional. My mother and my auntie were crying. I was almost crying. It was very hard."
Mr Leech's work is on display in 'NCAD Works 2023', a week-long programme of exhibitions created and curated by graduating students.
Head of Department of Communication Design at NCAD John Paul Dowling said: "Conor was very adamant that he wanted to do this project. From a very early stage, he showed us that he was engaging in the right way, not just with his own family but with the other families. He had a sense of responsibility to the individuals whose voices he was amplifying. And through that level of engagement, we could see that he was producing a body of work that was very important, which is very rare for a student at this stage."
As he put the finishing touches to his exhibition, Mr Leech said he was looking forward to family members seeing it in the flesh.
"To be honest, I'm just so proud of them. For me, this is just a tiny thing I have done, compared to their 42 years of campaigning. I just wanted to try to communicate this story to my peers. But my family also want younger generations to know what happened that night and how long it has taken to get justice."
