Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in Ireland

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Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 - 1 February to 31 March 2025

Sharing Ireland's intangible cultural heritage with the world

Wiki Loves Folklore is an international photographic competition to enjoy and celebrate the cultural diversity from around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate.

In Ireland, we are calling on people to dive into their photo archives or visit local sites with connections of Irish culture, folklore or storytelling and upload them to win!

The basic aim of the competition is to collect photos of human cultural diversity to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopaedia Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. The photos provided must match the theme, including, but not limited to festivals, material culture, dances, cuisine, clothing or daily life routine emphasizing on folk culture of the island of Ireland.

To find out about all the other national competitions taking place, visit the international website.

The contest in Ireland is organized by Wikimedia Community Ireland.

Last Year's Winners

This image shows the entrance stone to St.Nichola’s well in Killamery Co.Kildare.
Photograph: Anne-Karoline Distel
This photo shows an interesting perspective on the St.Patrick’s Day parade with the photographer choosing to focus on the spectators rather than the spectacle. You can see a diverse group of people all untied by their green attire enjoying the parade in South Mall, Cork.
Photograph: Paolo Bergomi
In third place we have ‘St. Nicholas’s holy well with church ruin’ by A.-K._D. This photo depicts a wider shot of St. Nicholas’ Holy well with beautiful church ruins in the background.
Photograph: Anne-Karoline Distel

Top tips

Criteria

The jury will judge individual entries based on the following criteria (in no particular order):

Technical quality
Originality
Potential usefulness and overall value of the image (including its licensing) to the Wikimedia projects

Out and about

Please be respectful and considerate to your fellow photographers, and to others.
If you are photographing building interiors, stop straight away if you are asked to do so. Some places prohibit interior photography, but in others you may be allowed to continue if you ask for permission.
Do not trespass on private property (it is perfectly OK, though, to take photographs while standing in a public place such as the street).
Where possible avoid photographing vehicles, and particularly vehicle numberplates.
Please do not upload photographs of posters, noticeboards, signs, or anything else having text or two-dimensional images that might be copyright-protected. That applies even to text or images that are in a public place and that everyone else is taking pictures of. Ancient wall paintings in churches are fine, as are photos of stained glass windows of any date.

Contest Timeline

1 February: The contest officially opens, and uploading of photos begins.
31 March: Contest closes, and uploading of photos ends.
May: Winners will be announced.

Jury

Fáin - @HogandDice: Once described as being like “a lovely loaf of fresh baked bread served at a satanic orgy” Fáin is an oral storyteller with a multidisciplinary background who loves to discuss the bizarre, the subversive and the deviant while creating an atmosphere of comfort, safety and comradery. Fáin studied Irish Folklore at UCD, laboured in the story mines of The National Leprechaun Museum, and has produced various multi-media projects including podcasts, audio-dramas, Alternative Reality Games and video essays. Often involving weird little puppets.

Rita O’Loughlin - @MyBratBhride: Rita O’Loughlin is the founder of My Brat Bhríde, a community initiative reviving the ancient tradition of the Brat Bhríde through upcycled, embroidered healing shawls. Inspired by her late mother, she began crafting and gifting these scarves, promoting creativity, sustainability, and connection. Since 2021, she has led workshops across Ireland, teaching people of all ages to make their own Brat Bhríde, with an emphasis on community, heritage, and the power of giving. Her work has been recognized by Sustainability Ireland and has touched the lives of many.

Tura Artura - @turaartura (IG) @aruturatura / @damshaseannos (TT): Tura Arutura is a well established Irish Cultural activist and performer who moved to Ireland 31 years ago from Southern Africa. His dance practice combines urban, traditional African, Irish music and dance. With dedicated study over the past 10 years, Tura has become one of Ireland's Master Sean Nós (traditional Irish) dancers an aficionado of the Irish language and Culture. The combination of African, American influence urban street, and Irish traditional dance to create a powerful and empowering reflection and celebration on diversity.

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Take a photo and upload it to Wikimedia Commons
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