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Writers Contest Winner

Writers Contest Winner
Best Story on The Island of Ireland

for “Hi-ho, the Derry-O!  The Farmers’ Make a Trail.  Two Farmers Create Paths through Ireland’s History and Natural Beauty”

Comments from editors judging the contest:

“A deep amount of research and curiosity helps to vividly bring the subjects’ personal passions to life in unexpected ways.  It’s lovely to see some of Ireland’s greatest treasures, its nature and people, in the spotlight.”

“In the words of Mark Twain, “I like a good Story.”

“Neat subject, nice reporting and personal reflections. Has lovely flow even if a little wordy in spots.  Good quotes and scenic details.”

“A nice narrative that also informs.  Most don’t know about the pathways all around Ireland through public and private lands.”

Crai’s award-winning story will be available on TravelClassics.com after publication.  Meanwhile, here is a teaser.  The photo is of Gerard Bourke, one of the farmers in the piece.

"My dad, Michael, loved history and would often talk of the stories he had listened to as a boy, told by his grandad Jack, who had been evicted from the valley aged 13 in 1851 when all the villagers were cleared out,” Gerard Bourke says.