National Treasures

Fashion History
Written By Ruth Griffin

Lovely girls gather - from a classic Clancy Brothers &Tommy Makem album sleeve

National Treasures looks at history through a sporting, social, political, design and fashion lens. From Currachs to Crolly Dolls, bottles of Blue Nun to black mourning veils all of Irish life is reflected in its many guises through the objects on the new RTÉ show. NT Curator Ruth Griffin writes about her 'whistle-stop tour of what happened stylewise in Ireland'.

Ruth Griffin
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