Picture Limerick: WE HAVE A WINNER

billy the squid

Entry #1 by moshpit77

A photo of The Clarion Hotel, Shannon Bridge and River Shannon at night.

Entry #2 by jonski

Janesboro

Entrant #3 by jonski

The Roxboro Road

Entry #4 by donutheadhomer

A view from my sitting room window in Moyross. the guys sitting on the chairs watchin the fire afterwards chucked those chairs into the fire.

Entrant #5 by jonski

St.John's Catheral , taken with the S5000 from Donoughmore on the southside .

Entrant #6 by limerick_man

This pic shows the hussle and bussle (and diversity) of limerick city!

Entrant #7 by limerick_man

I love this one, the way the clarian reflects in th water!

Entrant #8 by limericfk_man

Showing the development going on by the river!

Entrant #9 by limerick_man

My fav. spot in the city, this pic shows where the old mingles very well with the new!

Entrant #10 by limerick_man

The famous King Johns Castle!

more to follow...

billy the squid

Entrant #11 by limerick_man

I love the arciteture (sp?) of this church!

Entrant #12 by liemrick_man

This would be an amazing scene if the CCTV and the ESB stuff wasnt there!

Entrant #13 by limerick_man

Irelands best example of gergian arcitecture, down by perrys square!

Entry #14 by limerick_man

This shows Limericks proud sporting tradition!

Entrant #15 by shepthedog

Back view of Fishermen in Boat

Entrant #16 by shepthedog

Great View of Thomond from other river bank

Entrant #17 by shepthedog

Good Pic Duck In Shannon

Entrant #18 by shepthedog

Wide Back view of fisherman in boat

Entrant #19 by shepthedog

3 boats on river

Entrant #20 by shepthedog

Two Fishermen

billy the squid

Entrant #21 by shepthedog

Old Bridge

Entrant #22 by shepthedog

"Catherine and the river"

Entrant #23 by shepthedog

View {of Shannon) from walkway

Entrant #24 by shepthedog

Castle Ruin

Entrant #25 by shepthedog

Small River

Entrant #26 by shepthedog

Hero Reflection

Entrant #27 by shepthedog

Heron Far Away

Entrant #28 by shepthedog

Another Shot of Heron

Entrant #29 by shepthedog

Shot of River

Entrant #30 by shepthedog

Runners over Bridge

Entrant #31 by moshpit77

view of the river with people coming back in over the bridge from the limerick v tipp match

limerick_man

How Do U Decide The Winner?

rander00

Whats that fire of,? or was it halloween???
Is that that just a little green area.

limerick_man

Yeah that pic really potraits a bad image of the city, its weird how its entered into the comp., seeing as it is an illegal act!

billy the squid

s that fire of,? or was it halloween???
Is that that just a little green area.

The picture was taken on bonfire night in the earlly hours of May 1st.

billy the squid

limerick_man wrote:

How Do U Decide The Winner?

simple really, I pick out the one that I like the most and give the prize to whoever submitted it.

I have come up with a shortlist of the ones that I wil be picking the winner from.

here is the shortlist by entry number

5, 6, 10, 16, 20, 24, 31

billy the squid

Well I said I would announce the winner before the 1st of June so here it is.

Before I do I would like to thank everyone who submitted pictures. You have made the forum a more colourful place with some wonderful pictures.

Unfortunately I have only one prize and only one person can win.

First the runners-up

Second Runner-up was entry Number 6 by limerick_man. A nice colourful picture of cruises street with all the different people who are living in our city, and a fine display of how parts of our city are a thriving commercial area.

First Runner-up was entry number 20 by shepthedog. I can tell you now that there are many people from limerick who have fond memories of fishing around where the university now stands. It is a fine tradition for limerick people to enjoy themselves in those parts. Larry de Claire's song "Rocks of the Old Curragower" even mentions how fishing on the river was a favoured passtime of Limerick youth. And if you cross the new bridge late at night you are sure to find people fishing.

and now for the winner

The winner of the first ever (yes I said first, because I plan on holding other competitions on this forum) competition, The Picture Limerick Competition is.....


Entry Number 5 by Jonski, of St. John's Cathedral. The spire of St. John's is the first thing most people will see when entering the city. Limerick is also known as the city of the churches, and with the mountains in the background, one is awed by the sheer enormity of this cathedral. The picture is also full of colour. I like vibrant colours in pictures, and this is why I picked this one.

Once again. I thank everyone who took part in this competition, and hope that you will participate in future competitions run by the forum. I know that I took great pleasure in seeing different pictures of our city, I hope everyone else did too.

jonski

Well , what can I say , I am absolutely delighted .

I see photographs in my mind alot but more often than not , can't capture them , it's too dark , too bright , not square , this that the other , and I know thousands that could out shoot me with a disposable . I had a clear advantage here as I had the time to go out and try and shoot some scenes that I had seen in the past . The others didn't come out as I saw them ( not as much depth as with the naked eye ) , but I thought this one , while not being spectacular , did .

Also I never set out to win this , just to maybe put up some photos of Limerick that might spark some memories of someone in some far off place that stumbled accross the forums . I think it's a great idea , that should be continued and the "competition" just spured ( spelling?) people on to post . Congratulations to all that entered and I think that maybe my one just appealed to Billy's idea of Limerick at the time .

Once again , I am absolutely delighted ( my first win , in anything , in 38 years ) ( will I be on Kenny Live on Friday night ? ..........where's my suit ? )

John .

tee hee hee , like a little child over here .

moshpit77

Congrats!

limerick_man

Congradulations jonski, TBH when i went out taking these pics I felt confident I had won (the comp took off slowly), when i uploaded them you had your other two... and i was still confident, but then you uploaded this one and i knew it would be up to judgement (I still prefered mine, I love the idea beauty in cities... rather than hills and churches etc.) (your right though it really is a judgment thing)

Actually off topic but if i was choosing a pic i would have probably picked #31 by moshpit ... i really feel this captures modern limerick, what we want it to be! But its important to keep down to earth and remember where we came from, congrads!

shepthedog

Congrats jonski, lovely photo and well taken.. Its cool to see all the different views of limerick.. Great idea billy, hope to see more soon..

Good to get an overall view of the city and county instead of what ppl usually associate limerick with, i.e. pikeys etc
Well done to everyone who took part..

billy the squid

Yes I do intend running another competition in a few months similar to this one. although next time I will try seek out a sponsor so that the prize will be more substantial.

not to jonski.

When you get the time jonski will you pm your postal details and your choice of prize so that you can have them posted to you.

ricey

Nice1 bud u should defo win.
that is delmage right?
u live near garvey?

billy the squid

ricey wrote:

Nice1 bud u should defo win.
that is delmage right?
u live near garvey?

*cough* text talk *cough*

hellokitty

HELLO,

My family have lots of pics of limerick and janesboro and it would be class to gatter lots of more pics 2 be scanned? and put our own book 2getter of growing up in janesboro? what do ye think? any ideas?

Chong

Sounds cool.

hobie

I love the 'Pompeii' style statues in shot no. 14 ..... when was the Limerick erruption?

seriously, I think the competition a great idea and hope it's run on a regular basis .....

billy the squid

I may run another one in April/May again.

I also noticed last night that someone by the name of "tuborg" posted some of mine and someone elses pictures on archiseek and did not credit us or say where he got the pictures.

that was very bold.

insidentily all the pictures do not seem to be showing up on this thread, so if you go to http://www.boards.ie/photopost and find my album you will find them all.

D-A-V-E

billy the squid wrote:

Entrant #11 by limerick_man

I love the arciteture (sp?) of this church!

Entrant #12 by liemrick_man

This would be an amazing scene if the CCTV and the ESB stuff wasnt there!

Entrant #13 by limerick_man

Irelands best example of gergian arcitecture, down by perrys square!

Entry #14 by limerick_man

This shows Limericks proud sporting tradition!

Entrant #15 by shepthedog

Back view of Fishermen in Boat

Entrant #16 by shepthedog

Great View of Thomond from other river bank

Entrant #17 by shepthedog

Good Pic Duck In Shannon

Entrant #18 by shepthedog

Wide Back view of fisherman in boat

Entrant #19 by shepthedog

3 boats on river

Entrant #20 by shepthedog

Two Fishermen

sorry but i have to say that these r the best

billy the squid

those are pretty good, unfortunately the competition ended six months ago. and the prerequisate (sp) for entries had to be that the poster had to have taken them themselves.

gaf1983

is there gonna be another one soon?

billy the squid

will see about running another after the christmas holidays, late jan early february.

Amazotheamazing

D-A-V-E, they are great photo's, actually better than most I've ever seen on postcards of the city. Fantastic to see the city looking so well. It'd be great if you could get a postcard company to print up a few thousand and see if they sell.

billy the squid

this thread is so gone past its sell by date its practically Oil.

locked.

dave I have given your request for new pictures its own thread.