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For Cruinniú na nÓg 2025, children’s author and illustrator Chris Judge (The Lonely Beast, The Great Explorer, Evil Duck and the Feather of Fortune) is collaborating with four primary schools across Swords and Malahide to create an artistic vision of what Fingal, and the world, will look like twenty years from now. 

Through the lens of advancements in technology, the environment, community life and their personal dreams, this time-capsule project sparks imagination and critical thinking while allowing each student to contribute to a collective masterpiece. 

The final result will be a vibrant, large-scale mural collage that reflects their hopes, innovations and possibilities. This project is paper-based and fully sustainable and recyclable. It will be unveiled in the Chapel at Swords Castle on Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 and later put on display in The Atrium in County Hall, Swords before touring Fingal Library branches. 

Chris Judge is an illustrator, artist and children’s picture book author from Dublin, Ireland. Since 2011 he has written and illustrated over 35 children’s books and delivered large-scale public art projects. His first book, The Lonely Beast, won the Specsavers Irish Children’s Book of the Year 2011 in the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards. 

The artwork will be on display to all in Swords Castle Chapel on the Saturday, 7th June 2025 from 4 pm. 

No booking required.