ALMOST 300 AMATEUR and professional photographers submitted 1,659 images of Ireland’s national moments to this year’s Wiki Loves Monuments competition.

Just ten images were announced as the winners.

The Wikipedia competition took place between 23 August and 30 September and “aims to raise awareness of Ireland’s national monuments and create a crowd-sourced bank of quality photos that will be free to use for education”.

The winning images will be on display during the awards ceremony taking place on 9 November, beginning at 6:30 pm, at the Stag’s Head Pub in Dublin.

The winners are, in order of judging, were:

Hook Head Lighthouse, Co Wexford, by Michael J Foley

Source: Michael Foley via Wikimedia

Duckett’s Grove, Co Carlow, by Michelle Ronan

Source: Michelle Ronan via Wikimedia

Kylemore Abbey, Co Galway, by Vincent Moschetti

Source: Vincent Moschetti via Wikimedia

Kilcrea Abbey, Co Cork, by Davin Whooley

Source: Davin Whooley via Wikimedia

Poulnabrone Dolmen, Co Clare, by Frank Chandler

Source: Frank Chandler via Wikimedia

Baldongan Church, Co Dublin, by Mark Broderick

Source: Mark Broderick via Wikimedia

Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co Clare. by Frank Chandler

Source: Frank Chandler via Wikimedia

Castleruddery embanked stone circle, Co Wicklow, by Digital Eye

Source: Digital Eye via Wikimedia Commons

Knockbrack Megalithic Tomb, Galway, by Ronan Delaney

Source: Ronan Delaney via Wikimedia

Loughcrew Cairn in snow, Co Meath, by Haydn Hammerton

Source: Haydn Hammerton via Wikimedia

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