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English language poem:
Ist prize of €4,000 to Padraig Rooney
2nd prize of €2,000 to John Wedgwood Clarke
3rd prize of €1,000 to Juliet Aykroyd
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Irish/Gaelic poem:
Ist prize of €4,000 to Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa
2nd prize of €2,000 to Peadar Ó hUallaigh
3rd prize of €1,000 to Seán Ó Curraoin
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Percy French Prize:
!st: Sean Lyons
2nd: Peter Goulding
3rd: Raymond O'Sullivan
Other backhanders went to: Paraig Higgins,
Co.Galway; Charles Linenberg, Philadelphia USA;
Eamonn McNally, Co. Galway; Damien Muldoon,
Dublin; Padraic Neary, Sligo; Martin Parker,
Devon, U.K.
Roscommon Schools' competition:
Secondary Schools:
!st:
Emily Cooper, Convent of Mercy, Roscommon
2nd:
Catherine James, Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown
3rd:
Sarah James, Roscommon Community College
National schools:
1st: Amy Curley,
Ballyleague NS,
Lanesboro
2nd:
Saoirse McLaughlin, Ballybay NS, Kiltoom
3rd:
Jamie McHenry, Croghan NS, Boyle
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Warm thanks to all who took part in the 2009
competitions. The 2010 competitions will open in August 2009, and their
closing date will be 5th February 2010.
Merrily Harpur
Director
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Entry forms/information
for the 2010 competitions will be available
on this website from August 2009, or by post from
September, from:
Strokestown Poetry Festival Office, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon,
Ireland.
Telephone: 071 9633759 (from overseas +353 71 9633759)
or 087 2361794 (+353 87 2361794)
or 0044 1300 320064 (UK) - from the UK it's 01300 320064 |
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