Festival Of The Mountain 2011
Photographic memories of the day.
The sun shone for the Festival on the Mountain in Rosenallis sponsored by Cuddy Kitchen & Carpentry on Sunday 26th June with large crowds a great family day was had by all. Chairperson Sheila Mahon said " The weather makes all the difference we had a wet year last year and the committee made a decision to bring the festival forward to June in the hope of good weather, while it looked dodgy at one point it definately paid off in the end. I will be stepping aside as chairperson and its nice to do that after such a wonderful day I want to thank all of the committee members and volunteers who worked so hard organising the event and on the day and I wish them all the best going forward ".
The day was kicked off by the Fancy Dress competition which started
from the main gate and led into the Gigrig with our entertainment
and compare Paddy Keating aka "Rock on Paddy". Paddy introduced all
the children to the crowd and the winning entry was Oisin Patrick
Doherty as The Pirate for boys fancy dress and Lucy Conroy for the
Witch as girls fancy dress prize.
The next competition was the Bonny Baby U1 the judges found it hard
to pick a winner as they were all beautiful eventually it was won by
1st Prize Pippa Conroy 2nd Prize Jack Doyle. Bonny baby U2 was won
by 1st Prize Maggie Dooley 2nd Prize Mia Rowan and finally Bonny
baby U3 was won by 1st Prize Lorcan White 2nd Prize Laura Condron.
Then the much awaited Glamarous Grany competion sponsored by W.H.
Deverell Oil Ltd. was great fun with all the Grany's doing a dance
on the gigrig for the crowds, they were all wonderful but the one
who won the final prize was Christina Conroy, Mountmellick.
Then the children's races which were organised by the Rosenallis
Athletics Club were held the children had great fun and we would
like to thank Gemma Goulding and Eoin Conroy for organising the
races their assistance is greatly appreciated.
Gemma Goulding presented the Monica Hyland Plaque to Kathleen Lynch
Nelson winner of the mother's race.
The very popular dog show sponsored by Glanbia in Mountmellick was
held with 5 catergories the Judges Collette and Angela were
wonderful they were representatives of Pet Connections from
Portloaise and the winners were Large Dog Ruadh Owner Fiona
Comerford Small Dog Millie Owner Kate Gun Dog Fin Owner Kirsty
Family Pet Skippy Owner Dearbhla Best Dog Led by a Child under 12
years old Mia Owner Shannon Comerford Reserve Champion Ruadh – Owner
Fiona Comerford Overall Champion Mia Owner Shannon Comerford.
Then the much awaited Queen of the Mountain and King of the Mountain
competition were held sponsored by McElwee's Pharmacies
Mountmellick. The 2010 Queen of the Mountain Irene Delaney from
Cadamstown returned to pass on the Tiara and Sash to our new Queen
Marian Campbell from Portloaise. Chairperson Sheila Mahon then
presented the trophy and 50e voucher from McElwee's pharmacy, the
committee look forward to seeing Marion at the St. Patrick's day
parade in 2012. Chairperson Sheila Mahon then presented the outgoing
queen Irene a trophy to remember her year by and thanked her for her
representation of the festival throughout the year. Ann Young
Secretary then presented the Judges Sheila Yates and Margaret
Fitzpatrick who had judged all the competitons throughout the day
with flowers, they aaid its a difficult job as they would love to
pick everyone as a winner they had a wonderful day and thanked all
the entrants of each competition.
Teasure hunt was organised by Fint Gorman Taxi's with many prizes
was great fun. A special draw was held for a Meal voucher for the
Tullamore Court Hotel this was won by Carmel Feighery.
The Art competition sponsored by Mountmellick Credit Union winners
were presented with thier prizes and certificates by Sheila Mahon
all pictures were displayed on the day and congratulations to all
our winners.
The tug of war was held sponsored by Goodes Lounge, Rosenallis and
Mhuirt Kelly's team came out triumphant winning a 100e voucher for
Goode's Lounge. The children had a tug of war also and great fun was
had by all.
Winners Listings:
Fancy Dress Winning Boy: Oisin Patrick Doherty Winning Girl Lucy Conroy
Bonny Baby Competition U1 Pippa Conroy Runner Up Jack Doyle U2
Maggie Dooley Runner Up Mia Rowan U3 Lorcan White Runner Up Laura
Condron
Glamorous Granny (Sponsored by W. H. Deverell Oil Ltd: Christina
Conroy Upper Forest Mountmellick Queen of the Mountain 2011
Marian Campbell King of the Mountain 2011 Michael Keating, Reary,
Rosenallis
Guess the Weight of the Pig:Jack Corcoran
Tug o’War Winning Mens Team: Rosenallis/Clonaslee Captain Martin
Kelly, Skerry
Singers/Entertainers: 3 Local ladies playing guitar and singing –
Sarah Egan, Rosenallis, Megan Dunne, Rosenallis and Tara Lewis,
Clonaslee winner of Meal Voucher sponsored by Tullamore Court Hotel
– Carmel Feighery
Primary School Art Competition Winners Kindly Sponsored by
Mountmellick Credit Union Jnr/Snr Infants Class 1st Jack Thompson,
2nd Eoin Sharpe, 3rd Orla Whelan, Highly Commended Alex Redmond,
Hazel Conroy 1st/2nd Class 1st Katie Egan 2nd Emer Feighery 3rd
Chloe Dwyer, Highly Commended Jenny Olinici Alex Marron Muireann
Dunne 3rd /4th Class 1st Niamh Feighery 2nd Hannah O’Reilly 3rd
Katie O’Brien Highly Commended Ellie Doyle Muireann Baker Roisin
Gordon 5th /6th Class 1st Sean Doyle 2nd Rosemary White 3rd Olwyn
Bowe Highly Commended Niamh Redmond Aislinn McEvoy Ciara Dunne
Childrens Races Toddlers Boys 1st Adrian Glancy 2nd Enda Feighery
3rd Jack Hyland Toddlers Girls 1st Sorcha Hartnett 2nd Orla Dunne
3rd Lexi Nelson U4 Boys 1st Michael Sharpe 2nd Colm Reddin 3rd Josh
Mahon & Adam Doran U6 Boys 1st Colin Bennett 2nd Patrick Cawley 3rd
Eoin Sharpe U6 Girls 1st Martha Anna Dooley 2nd Lucy Conroy 3rd
Sophie Redmond U8 Boys 1st Cathal Egan 2nd Matthew Bennett 3rd James
Hyland U8 Girls 1st Maisy Gleeson 2nd Kayleigh Coogan 3rd Amy
Cosgrove U10 Boys 1st Daniel Bennett 2nd Conor Cosgrove 3rd Davy
Dooley U10 Girls 1st Niamh Feighery 2nd Jessica Baker 3rd Eva Hyland
U12 Boys 1st Donal Killally 2nd Shane Farrell 3rd David McKane &
Jason Murphy U12 Girls 1st Dervla Ryan 2nd Mary Conroy 3rd Roisin
Dunne U14 Girls 1st Aoife Egan 2nd Rebecca Dooley U14 Boys 1st Conor
Egan U16 Boys 1st Niall Lynch 2nd Diarmuid Egan 3rd Adam Conroy
Mother’s Race 1st Kathleen Lynch Nelson-Winner of the Monica Hyland
Perpetual Trophy 2nd Bernie McMahon 3rd Sheila Bennett Fathers Race
1st Eoin Conroy 2nd Tom Bennett 3rd Liam Moran
Dog Show Large Dog Ruadh – Fiona Small Dog Millie- Kate Gun Dog Fin
- Kirsty Family Pet Skippy – Dearbhla Best Dog Led by a Child under
12 years old Mia – Shannon Comerford Reserve Champion Ruadh – Fiona
Comerford Overall Champion Mia.
Shannon Comerford Treasure Hunt sponsored by Fint Gorman Taxi's 1st Prize 50e Emma Dunne 2nd Prize 20e taxi voucher Winner Ticket No: 73 3rd Prize Ticket for entry into draw for 2 day break away – draw to be held on 31st July in Pig n Whistle winner Fergal Moore 4th Prize Bottle Whisky Caroline Dunne 5th prize30e voucher sponsored by Cafe Rose, Rosenallis won by Patrick Kane 6th Prize Solar Lights sponsored by Glanbia, Mountmellick Winner Phil Davis 7th Prize 2 hanging baskets sponsored by euro city, Mountmellick Winner Sandra Clarke.