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

Michael Foley Michael Foley

Duckett’s Grove, Co Carlow, by Michelle Ronan

Michelle Ronan Michelle Ronan

Kylemore Abbey, Co Galway, by Vincent Moschetti

Vincent Moschetti Vincent Moschetti

Kilcrea Abbey, Co Cork, by Davin Whooley

Davin Whooley Davin Whooley

Poulnabrone Dolmen, Co Clare, by Frank Chandler

Frank Chandler Frank Chandler

Baldongan Church, Co Dublin, by Mark Broderick

Mark Broderick Mark Broderick

Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co Clare. by Frank Chandler

Frank Chandler Frank Chandler

Castleruddery embanked stone circle, Co Wicklow, by Digital Eye

Digital Eye Digital Eye

Knockbrack Megalithic Tomb, Galway, by Ronan Delaney

Ronan Delaney Ronan Delaney

Loughcrew Cairn in snow, Co Meath, by Haydn Hammerton

Haydn Hammerton Haydn Hammerton

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