A Covid diary project reveals the impact of the lockdown on its Co Kildare participants with many discussing feelings of "loneliness, isolation, and despair" but also "a sense of optimism".
The project, aimed at those who are cocooning and older people, saw over 140 moleskin notebooks delivered to homes throughout the county in March.
Kildare Arts Service encouraged participants to share their reflections, artwork, and stories in the notebooks throughout the lockdown with the intent that the diaries would become part of a permanent archive for Kildare County Council.
Over half of the notebooks have now been returned to Kildare Arts Service for digital scanning and reveal a treasure trove of lockdown memories.