Dave 'Boy' McAuley to launch sporting exhibition

The exhibition is inspired by London 2012 and features a range of home-grown sporting talent as seen through the eyes of Ireland’s Saturday Night; Northern Ireland’s best-selling sports newspaper, which ceased publication in July 2008.

Libraries NI Chairperson Dr David Elliot, said: “All Our Saturdays is one of the outstanding projects granted the London 2012 Inspire mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire programme, which recognises exceptional and innovative projects inspired by the 2012 Games.

“The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see how sport in Northern Ireland has evolved throughout the last 12 decades. It will also bring a touch of nostalgia to those who queued every Saturday evening to secure a copy of the paper.”

Welcoming the exhibition, branch manager Julie Todd said: “We are delighted that All Our Saturdays is being regionally launched in Larne Library and are excited about the planned programme of events and side activities that will take place to support the exhibition.

“We are thrilled to announce that local sports star Dave McAuley will attend the launch to talk about his sporting memories.”

All Our Saturdays will be in Larne Library until the end of March. The exhibition will then move to other libraries during 2010. The exhibition will be used to stimulate a range of activities. Much of this will tie into schools and the development of sports journalism and sports writing, education packs, inter-generational learning and reminiscence work.

The exhibition will be launched tomorrow (Friday) at 3pm.