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Writers placed first in either the Poetry or Short Story section in any year receive the Moore Gold Medallion Award
(The specially minted medallion depicts the ruins of Moorehall and cites the Moore motto)

Year
Poetry
Winner
Sponsors

 

2004

1st
2nd
3rd
Normandy 2004
Shadow Play
L ovefool
Mary Rose Callan (Dublin)
Ann McGarth (Dublin)
Colm O' Toole(Navan)
Mayo Co. Co. Arts, The Connaught Telegraph,
Mayo Education Centre
Carnacon Development Association

2003

1st
2nd
3rd
Birdwoman
The Tattoo
The Death of God (Dedicated to Caitlín Thomas)
Kieran Furey (Longford)
Mervyn Ennis (Dublin)
James Conway (Dublin)
Mayo Co. Co. Arts, The Connaught Telegraph,
Mayo Education Centre
Carnacon Development Association
2002
1st
2nd
3rd
Our Bit of Land
Weeds (Horta)
Bending the Truth
Liam O'Meara (Dublin)
Margaret Faherty (Galway)
Liam O'Meara (Dublin)
Mayo Co. Co. Arts, The Connaught Telegraph,
Mayo Education Centre
Carnacon Development Association
2001
1st
2nd
3rd
Tory Island Images
Farm Boys
Revolutionary
Eithne Cavanagh (Dublin)
James Conway (Dublin)
Stephen Ducke (Athlone)
Mayo Co. Co. Arts
Mayo Education Centre
Carnacon Development Association
2000
1st
2nd
3rd
Chanticleer
Absence of Ocean
Henwife
Vera Hughes (Moate, Westmeath) Eileen Casey (Dublin)
Geraldine Mills (Galway)

Mayo Co. Co. Arts
Mayo Education Centre
Carnacon Development Association

1999
1st
2nd
3rd
Cold Atlantic Winds
Forged
Ascending a Liberties Stairway in 1952
Maria Wallace (Dublin)
Ann Leahy (Dublin)
James Lawless (Leixlip)
Mayo Co. Co. Arts
Lake District Enterprise Ltd.
Carnacon Development Association
1998
1st
2nd
3rd

Clockwise
Undertaking
(no third prize awarded)

Eileen Casey (Dublin)
Geraldine Mills (Galway)
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Mayo Co. Co. Arts
Lake District Enterprise Ltd.
Carnacon Development Association
1997
1st
2nd
3rd
November Day
Visiting His Father's Grave
Outside is Breaking In
Ger Reidy (Westport) John Chambers (Dublin) Moya Donaldson (Downpatrick, Co. Down) Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Carnacon Development Association
1996
1st
2nd
3rd
Righteous Protest (Drumcree)
Lost
Reek View Murrisk
James Watson (Belfast)
John Chambers (Dublin)
John Chambers (Dublin)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Carnacon Development Association
1995
1st
2nd
3rd
Moorehall
Turf Cutters
And the Sky Fell In
Áine Miller (Dublin)
Colin Walker (Achill)
Pauline Brady (Dublin)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Carnacon Development Association
1994
1st
2nd
3rd
For Emily
Culture Shock
Father
Eileen Casey (Dublin)
James Watson (Belfast)
Ivy Bannister (Dublin)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Conradh na Gaeilge
Tom Collins
Carnacon Development Association
1993
1st
2nd
3rd

Fires in the Fall
Sanctuaries
Art Lovers

Máiríde Woods (Dublin)
Patricia Burke Brogan (Galway) Eileen Casey (Dublin)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Conradh na Gaeilge
Tom Collins
Carnacon Development Association

 

 

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Year
Short Story
Winner
Sponsors
2004
1st
2nd
3rd
Underwater
Out of Time
The Anniversary
Ivy Bannister (Dublin)
Helen Fallon (Dublin)
Aiden Hynes (Dublin/Mayo)

Mayo Co. Co. Arts, The Connaught Telegraph,
Mayo Education Centre
Carnacon Development Association

2003
1st
2nd
3rd
The Sawdust Restaurant
Anne Marie's Story
Fresh Meat
Joe Ducke (Athlone)
Mae Leonard (Naas, Co. Kildare)
Philip Watson (Bushmills, Antrim)

Mayo Co. Co. Arts, The Connaught Telegraph,
Mayo Education Centre
Carnacon Development Association

2002
1st
2nd
3rd
Handball
Burying the Dead
Notes from a Different Drum
Hugo Kelly (Galway)
Mae Leonard (Naas, Co. Kildare)
Helen Fallon (Dublin)
Mayo Co. Co. Arts, The Connaught Telegraph,
Mayo Education Centre
Carnacon Development Association
2001
1st
2nd
3rd
Full Moon over Berlin
For Soon-Ae-Kang
The Hillfort
Aileen Hennes (France)
Eileen Casey (Dublin)
Paddy Ryan (Dublin)
Mayo Co. Co. Arts
Carnacon Development Association
2000
1st
2nd
3rd
Love Thy Neighbour
Like Fireworks
How Brave She Is
Jill McKenna (Belfast)
Geraldine Mills (Galway)
Martin Malone (Kildare)

Mayo Co. Co. Arts
Mayo Education Centre
Lake District Enterprise Ltd.
Carnacon Development Association

1999
1st
2nd
3rd
The Pure Joy of Double Decker Buses
Sister Pictures
Walkover
Hugo Kelly (Dublin)
Áine Greaney Elrott (USA)
Patrick Conneally (Navan, Meath)
Mayo Co. Co. Arts
Carnacon Development Association
1998
1st
2nd
3rd
The Day Jackie Kennedy Decided to Remarry
Child of Prague
Amongst Women

Hugo Kelly (Dublin)
Joe Ducke (Athlone)
Helen Fallon (Dublin)

Mayo Co. Co. Arts
Carnacon Development Association
1997
1st
2nd
3rd
Whitethorn and Sloeberries
Wedding Night
Two of a Kind
Willie McNally (Tyrone)
Joan Slowey (Dublin)
Joe O'Reilly (Dublin)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Carnacon Development Association
1996
1st
2nd
3rd
Graffiti
Packing
The Letter
Aileen Hennes (Livarot, France) Micheál Ó Conghaile (Conamara)
Marie Noone (Longford)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Carnacon Development Association
1995
1st
2nd
3rd
Osmosis
Hand of God
The Tour
Geraldine Mills (Galway)
Margaret Faherty (Galway)
Harriet Schwartz (New York)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Carnacon Development Association
1994
1st
2nd
3rd
Vanishing Act
Chimney Sweep
Springs
Aine Miller (Dublin)
Trisha McKeown (Dublin)
Ivy Bannister (Dublin)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Conradh na Gaeilge
Tom Collins
Carnacon Development Association
1993
1st
2nd
3rd

Elephant
So Far Away
Returning Dragons

Ivy Bannister (Dublin)
Marie Bashford Synnot (Dublin) Máiríde Woods (Dublin)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Conradh na Gaeilge
Tom Collins
Carnacon Development Association

 

Year
Ballad
Winner
Sponsors
1994
1st
2nd
3rd
Coranna Carmel Myler (Longford) Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Conradh na Gaeilge
Tom Collins
Carnacon Development Association
1993
1st
2nd
3rd
The Republic of Connaught
I gCuimhne Chlann Uí Mhóra
Ballad (one in English and one as Gaeilge)
Jill McKenna (Belfast)
Joseph McManus (Sligo)
Bank of Ireland
Colin Smythe Publishing
Conradh na Gaeilge
Tom Collins
Carnacon Development Association