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(-l-r) Tim Husbands CEO, Titanic Belfast with Minister Ruairi Quinn and Northern Ireland's Education Minister John O'Dowd with Sorcha Bergin from St Brigid's PS, Dublin and Colin Ogle from Victoria Park PS and Molly Gallagher from Our Lady's Girls.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn today joined Northern Ireland Education Minister John O' Dowd and 60 primary school children to explore Titanic Belfast’s educational offering and launch a new workshop entitled ‘My Granda’s Piece

Named after the ‘pieces’ or sandwiches which shipyard workers brought to work for their lunch, the workshop explores what life was like for the youngest workers in the Belfast shipyards, where Titanic was famously built.

Minister Quinn said:

“Since opening Titanic Belfast has drawn over one million visitors and renewed international interest in other Irish connections to Titanic such as Cobh.  Titanic Belfast is, however, also a major education resource and more than 30,000 pupils from across the island have already enjoyed its education workshops.

“This is a wonderful experience for the children from St Brigid’s and for some this has been their first visit to Belfast. Like most children they are fascinated with Titanic and that makes it an excellent story to help bring various parts of the school curriculum to life.”