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"From Dingle to Kerry" Wins GAIF Photo Contest

August 27, 2009

The winning photograph for the 2009 Great American Irish Festival titled "From Dingle to Kerry" was submitted by Martha Malone of Penfield, NY. Martha snapped the photo on a gorgeous, sunny day in August 2008. The picture was taken of Martha's husband, Michael and her daughter, Clare, as the walked toward Dunbeg Fort on the Dingle Peninsula near Slea Head, County Kerry. Do you have a photograph of an Irish or Irish-American location, activity or event? You may submit it and win $100, just as Martha Malone did.
Photographs may be submitted the Great American Irish Festival Photo Contest, P.O. Box 584, Marcy, NY 13403, no later than July 20, 2010. Each photo must be at least 8 inches by 10 inches and no larger than 11 inches by 14 inches and must be mounted or matted. The pictures must show an Irish or Irish-American event, activity or location, and must include a person or people as the subject or a component of the photograph.
A Festival Committee will choose ten photographs as semi-finalists, which will be displayed in the Great American Irish Festival Cultural Building. The overall winning photograph will be chosen by popular vote of the festival attendees during the Great American Irish Festival, with the winning photograph announced at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon July 25, 2010.
The photographers who have submitted the ten photos chosen as semi-finalists will each receive five weekend tickets for the festival. The winning photographer will receive $100. All photographs submitted for the contest will become the property of the Great American Irish Festival and will be added to the photograph archive at the future Irish-American Cultural Center.