Mary from Dungloe (festival)

Mary from Dungloe (festival)
A typical scene at the Mary From Dungloe Festival, 2005.

The Mary From Dungloe International Festival is a popular Irish music festival held annually, usually at the end of July in the small town of Dungloe, County Donegal. The festival is centered around a pageant to find out which contestant has the spirit of the festival, who is then crowned “Mary From Dungloe”. The winner of the contest holds this title for a year and acts as an ambassador for the festival. Irish emigrant communities from around the world as well as some Irish counties and towns participate by nominating a young woman, endearingly titled a “Mary”, to represent their community at the contest. The festival has grown in popularity over the years and now regularly attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the area.

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Participating Irish communities

Many Irish communities around the world with links to County Donegal have their own local contests to pick their community's “Mary” who subsequently is nominated to travel to Dungloe to compete in the Mary From Dungloe contest final. Irish communities who have entered contestants include:

Traditional festival events

There are a number of traditional events which are run every year as part of the festival. Here are just a few examples:

Event Traditional Location
Opening Ceremony Main St.
Introduction of MFD Contestants Main St.
Open Air Music Main St.
Fun Fair The Cope Car Park
Sports Day Dungloe Gaelic Athletic Association Grounds
Men's Golf Open Cruit Island Golf Club
Ladies Golf Open Cruit Island Golf Club
Treasure Hunt Main St.
Annual 5K Road Race Main St.
Fly Fishing Competition Dungloe Marina
Little Miss Mary Competition Parochial Hall
Table Quiz Maghery Community Centre
Junior Table Quiz Ionad Teampall Cróine
Social Evening with the Marys Various
Historic Tour of the Rosses Departs Main St.
Interviewing of the MFD Contestants Carrickfinn Airport
Bonny Baby Show Parochial Hall
Daniel O'Donnell in Concert Festival Dome
Parade Main St.
Band Competition Main St.
MFD Contest Final Festival Dome
Gala Ball Ostan Na Rosann
Closing Ceremony Main St.

Contest winners

Below is a partially complete list of contest winners from 1968 to 2007.

Year Winner Represented Originally From Age
1968 Celine Powell Dublin Galway
1969 Marie Mc Glinchey Donegal
1970 Monina Hughes Armagh
1971 Gloria Boyle Donegal Bunbeg, Gweedore
1972 Carol Mary Carr Limerick
1973 Norah Boyle Donegal Burndennet, County Tyrone
1974 Madibel Lopez Del Hoya Spain
1975 Maureen Temple Londonderry
1976 Anne Marie McDaid Derry
1977 Sheila T Boyle Bayonne
1978 Bernice McElroy Down
1979 Ann O'Callaghan Louth
1980 Marie Coyle Glasgow
1981 Nora Galligan An Ghaeltacht
1982 Debbie O'Brien Manchester
1983 Maire McCole Dungloe
1984 Anne Marie Moloney New York Jackson Heights 18
1985 Sheila Hughes Mayo
1986 Linda Farrell Louth
1987 Maria McGovern Dublin Dublin
1988 Maureen Connelly Jamestown, Pennsylvania New York 24
1989 Carmel Kelly Donegal Donegal
1990 Anne Marie Downes Louth
1991 Pamela Sheridan Meath
1992 Paula O'Reilly Monaghan
1993 Samantha Pairman North East England
1994 Sarah Mullholand Dungloe Kincasslagh 21
1995 Katie McMahon New York New York 20
1996 Siobhan Bignell Melbourne London, England 24
1997 Heather Stewart Edinburgh
1998 Brighid Williams Sydney
1999 Ciara Diver Derry
2000 Shirley McGlynn Manchester Dublin 21
2001 Fiona Callan Wicklow Wicklow 19
2002 Dr Jolene McMonagle An Ghealtacht Falcarragh 22
2003 Aisling Friel Glasgow Glasgow 21
2004 Lisa Mc Kelvey Dungloe Dungloe
2005 Katie Armstrong Philadelphia Philadelphia
2006 Jennifer Halton Kildare Kildare 22
2007 Kerry Sweeney Edinburgh Edinburgh 21
2008 Una Rooney Armagh Armagh 24
2009 Kate Ferguson Derry Derry 25
2010 Jemma Ferry Edinburgh Edinburgh 22
2011 Debbie Rodgers Dungloe Burtonport 21

Entertainers and musicians

Many Irish and international acts have performed at the festival over the years. The traditional annual crowd puller, however, continues to be internationally renowned folk singer Daniel O'Donnell, who made his festival debut in 1985.

Famous comperes

The Mary From Dungloe contest final has been compered by a number of famous faces.

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