Spark festive joy by not turfing out priceless artefacts

It is heartening to see the spirit of that ‘Don’t Turf it Out’ campaign still endures. At least some of the 100-year-old papers, photographs and documents that might have ended up in skips have been preserved, writes Clodagh Finn.

HOW the papers of a man reputed to be the wealthiest man in Ireland ended up in a skip is a mystery for another day but, thanks to a chance discovery and a happy coincidence, those precious historic documents were donated to the State on Thursday.

The account, this week, of how three friends found the royal seal of four monarchs, among other treasures, in a metal chest destined for the dump is one of those stories that really captures the imagination.