Local monuments to be part of the world’s largest photography competition
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By Lisa O’Donnell
Several well known local monuments are set to be included as part of the world’s largest photography competition, ‘Wiki Loves Monuments’, as it comes to Ireland for the first time ever this month.
Local amateur and professional photographers will be given the opportunity to visit these local monuments, take their best shots and then upload them on the Wiki Loves Monuments website.
The monuments in The Avondhu area that qualify for the competition are Labbacalle wedge tomb, Labbamologga church and grave slabs, Kildorrery church and graveyard, Coole church and graveyard, Glanworth Bridge, Glanworth Medieval Tower, Glanworth Castle, Conna Castle, Coole Upper and Kilmallock Abbey (Dominican Friary).
RAISING AWARENESS
Wiki Loves Monuments started in the Netherlands in 2010, and since then has grown significantly, with last year’s competition seeing 369,589 submissions by 11,943 people across 50 countries. This international competition, which is part of National Heritage Week, 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 competition was officially launched last Tuesday by the Wikimedia Ireland Community and Minister Simon Harris, and will run until 30th September.
“The aim of National Heritage Week is to build awareness and education about our heritage, thereby encouraging its conservation and preservation,” said Sabina Bonici of Wikimedia Ireland. “The Wiki Loves Monuments competition does exactly that, with the added bonus of creating a freely accessible database of national monument images.”
“We are delighted to be able to raise awareness of the benefits of open knowledge and to increase participation in its creation and preservation,” she concluded.
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