03/11/2015
The Heritage Council are delighted to announce the winners of the annual National Heritage Week Photography Competition.
The overall winner was Jaana McEntee, with a fantastically observed moment taken at Fingal Vintage Harvest Festival at Skerries Mills, Co. Dublin. She wins a €500 The Irish Landmark Trust Weekend Stay voucher.
Adult Runners Up were Mike Halward’s “Lucky Day” at Bunratty Castle and Forge, Yvonne Stynes, who caught the excitement of the festival with her son Ronan at the National Museum of Ireland in Collins Barracks and Brenda Molloy’s “Minting a Coin”, taken in Bandon, West Cork.
Youth Winner was Eoin Devine O’Grady, (19) at the Native Irish Cobs event, Co. Longford.
The Junior Winner was Rachel Buckley (9) with Runners Up, Sofia Fox (11) Aurelia Rozanzka (7) and Patrick Lynch ( 9).
The 2015 National Heritage Week photography competition theme was Ireland’s Industrial and Design Heritage.