#MuseumCampaign - Strong efforts are being made to bring a museum dedicated to the long and rich history of Dublin Port and in the memory to those who lived and worked there.
CHL Consulting Ltd. was commissioned by Dublin Port Company to scope out options for housing an archival collection of images and materials belonging to the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society.
This collection relates to the history of the Dublin docks from the 1960s to 1990s and charts the working lives of the dockworkers.
Declan Byrne of the DDWPS told NewsFour "the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society has been campaigning for over five years for a Dublin Port Museum, which incorporates the stories of the men and women who worked in Dublin Docks and the surrounding dockland industries. We would like to acknowledge the involvement of the Minister for Transport Pascal Donohoe and we would like to thank Dublin Port Company for commissioning and paying for a report, which we believe is an important first step."
The DDWPS has in excess of 3,000 followers on Facebook and over 1,700 active members on their web platform.
The local newspaper has more here and details to contact the society.