Photo Competitions
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Fungi Feeding, Noreen Curran
Overall Winner 2020-2021 Competition - Winner, Category B
Golden Celebration, Anne Fannin
Winner, Category A – First Time Entrants
Reflections of Spring Farm, Lucille Healy
Winner, Category C - All Others
Fire in the Firmament, Declan Corcoran
Highly Commended, Category A - First Time Entrants
The Lady of Shalott, Judy Leyden
Highly Commended, Category A - First Time Entrants
On an Autumn Day, Susie Kennelly
Highly Commended, Category B - Previous Winners
Rose Graham Thomas, Eithne Byrne
Highly Commended, Category B - Previous Winners
Where is the hidden treasure? Denise Gill
Highly Commended, Category B - Previous Winners
Refuelling….. Pamela Aitken
Commended, Category B - Previous Winners
Summer Blossoms, Annette Fitzpatrick
Commended, Category B - Previous Winners
Clematis Alba Luxuriants, vitacella group, Angela Moore
Commended, Category C - All Others
My Summer Garden, Rita Conan
Category A - First Time Entrants
Crocodile in Cabinteely Park, Jane Cremin
Category B - Previous Winners
Bathtime for Frogs, Mairín Dunlea
Category B - Previous Winners
A Herald of Spring, Janet Wynne
Category A - First Time Entrants
Pink Water Lily, Bobbie Campbell
Category B – Previous Winners
Mary McCann, Valentine’s Day Thistle’
Commended, Category C
Mairin Dunlea, ‘Japanese View, Howth’
Commended, Category C
Madeline Gaughan, ‘Early Morning in a Portuguese Garden’
Commended, Category C
Marjorie Neill, ‘Blue Hydrangea’
Highly Commended, Category C
Bobbie Campbell, ‘Butterfly at Russborough’
Highly Commended, Category B
Annette Fitzpatrick, Magnolia in Bay Garden
Winner, Category B
Valerie Murphy, ‘Happy Insect’
Highly Commended, Category A
Mairin Dunlea, ‘Maureen Nugent’s Garden’
Overall Winner 2019-2020 Competition - Winner, Category C
‘The Happy Couple’ by Annette Fitzpatrick
‘The Happy Couple’ by Annette Fitzpatrick
‘Eryngium Giganteum Miss Willmott’s Ghost’ by Pamela Aitken
‘Eryngium Giganteum Miss Willmott’s Ghost’ by Pamela Aitken
‘Summer rain in Caher Bridge garden’ by Pamela Aitken
‘Summer rain in Cahir Bridge garden’ by Pamela Aitken
‘Pumpkin Party’ by Mary Merrins
‘Pumpkin Party’ by Mary Merrins
‘Heuchera in a friend’s garden’ by Annette Fitzpatrick
‘Heuchera in a friend’s garden’ by Annette Fitzpatrick
‘I need a drink’ by Susie Kennelly
‘I need a drink’ by Susie Kennelly
‘Primulas after the ‘Beast from the East’’ by Pauline Roberts
‘Primulas after the ‘Beast from the East’’ by Pauline Roberts
‘Trumpets Sound’ by Mary McCann
‘Trumpets Sound’ by Mary McCann
‘Beauty at Great Dixter’ by Margarite Wood
‘Beauty at Great Dixter’ by Margarite Wood
‘Fungi at Kilmacurragh’ by Bobbie Campbell
‘Fungi at Kilmacurragh’ by Bobbie Campbell
Picnic area at Lickeen Wood, Co Kerry by Jane Cremin
Over all Winner Group B
Peach & White Foxgloves by Eithne Byrne
Members’ Choice Vote
Brunnera Macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ at Sandyford by Koraley Northen
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Echinacea at Pemroke Lodge, Bray by Koraley Northen
Highly Commended
Dahlia ‘Twynings Revel’ at Hunting Brook by Koraley Northen
Highly Commended
Tulip Border, Kilkenny – Shirley Cullen
Group A , Highly Commended
Corry’s Poppy, Bunclody – Ciara O’Colmain Murray
Group A, Highly Commended
‘Icy Bracken’ in Ballinahinch – Ann Kenny
Group B, Highly Commended
Clematis, Botanic Gardens – Catherine McCarthy
Group B, Highly Commended
Pulsatilla Vulgaris – Audrey Cremin
Group B, Highly Commended
Ipomoea, Morning Glory – Denise Gill
Group B, Highly Commended
Momijidani Park, Japan – Jane Cremin
Group B, Highly Commended
Orange Dahlia & Geranium ‘Rozanne’ – Koraley Northen
Group B, Highly Commended
John Lord’s Garden – Philippa Thomas
Group C, Highly Commended
A Japanese Garden – Denise Gill
2016 Overall Competition Winner
Group C, Overall Group Winner‘Room with a View’, Cromogue – Gemma O’Dowd
Members' Choice
Mixed Border, Jimi Blake’s Garden – Jane Cremin
Group A, Overall Group Winner
Waterlily Ischia, Giardina la Mortella – Jane Cremin
Group A, Commended
Farmyard Window – Annette Fitzpatrick
Group B, Overall Group Winner
Water Lily and Fly – Koraley Northen
Group B, Highly Commended
Tulips in My Garden – Koraley Northen
Group B, Highly Commended
Foxglove with Green Garden Shed Door – Marion Palmer
Group A, Overall Winner
Cork Trip Masterpiece – Morlin O’Brien
Group A, Highly Commended
Butterfly on a Yellow Flower – Morlin O’Brien
Group A, Commended
Purple Clematis against a Trellis – Morlin O’Brien
Group A, Commended
Altamont Evening Shadows – Morlin O’Brien
Group A, Commended
In My Own Garden 2014 – Koraley Northen
Group B, Overall Winner
Sunflower in the Eden Project – Eithne Byrne
Group B, Highly Commended
Clematis August 2014 – Annette Fitzpatrick
Group B, Commended
A Study of Geraniums in The Eden Project – Eithne Byrne
Group B, Commended
Harbour Gardens in Schull – Annette Fitzpatrick
Group B, Commended
Deer Park Mount Merrion Autumn 2014 – Eithne Byrne
Group B, Commended
Tulips in My Own Garden 2014 – Annette Fitzpatrick
Group B, Highly Commended
Blue Poppies in Jimi Blake’s Garden – Catherine Mc Carthy
Group C, Overall Winner
Lillies in Tearmann Garden, Laragh – Catherine McCarthy
Group C, Highly Commended
Shekina Sculpture Garden, Co. Wicklow – Catherine McCarthy
Group C, Highly Commended
The Handkerchief Tree – Catherine Mc Carthy
Group C, Commended