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Wiki Loves Monuments
Take an online tour of Ireland's beauty sites with Wikimedia
There were the 10 winners of a photography competition.
IRELAND HAS TAKEN part in the world’s largest photography contest (as confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records) for the first time this year.
Wiki Loves Monuments is an international competition, organised by Wikimedia (the movement behind Wikipedia), which has inspired hundreds of thousands of freely-licensed images to be uploaded to the internet.
According to Wikimedia, cultural heritage is an important part of the knowledge that it collects and disseminates.
“An image is worth a thousand words, in any language and local enthusiasts can (re)discover the cultural, historical, or scientific significance of their neighbourhood,” it says of the competition.
The Irish contest, focussing on a selection of Ireland’s national monuments, ran from 23 August to 30 September. Winners were announced last week and they will now go on to compete internationally.
Here are the 10 Irish winners….
Rathgall
Rock of Cashel
Loughcrew Passage Tomb
Durrow Abbey
Ballymoon Castle (tied in fifth place)
Kilmainham Gaol (tied in fifth place)
St Finbarre’s Cathedral
Sheepgate
Ross Castle
Dunamase Castle
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