Blogtacular

The Irish Blog Awards took place last night and I’m very happy to have won ‘Most Humorous Post’ and the overall best blog award. That’s three in a row now. I feel like once, twice, three times a lady, let me tell you.

To have been chosen ahead of all the other fantastic bloggers makes me very proud. The amount of people there last night, at least 50% more than there were last year, shows how the Irish blogging community has grown in the last 12 months. There are a lot of really funny, clever, intelligent people writing blogs and every year the competition gets more fierce – but a friendly kind of fierce.

Congratulations to all the winners last night and all the nominees. One of the best things about the awards is that it has showcased blogs that some of us would never have found, whether they won awards or not. I know I spoke to people last night whose blogs I’m going to check out over the next few days. The event is a credit to Damien Mulley who has worked so hard at it and his contribution to the blogging scene in Ireland should not be underestimated. We’re very lucky to have somebody who gives so freely of their time for the benefit of so many.

Hosting duties were, as always, expertly carried out by Rick O’Shea who also managed to win the best ‘cock-pulture’ blog. Well deserved on so many levels that one.

The one thing I took away from the night was just how friendly everybody was. I met people I’d met before, I met new bloggers, I met people who comment on my blog and to a man/woman they were all great to talk to. I’m sure the experience was the same for the other bloggers and attendees. Drinks were drunk, hands were shook and all in all it was a fine night, full of smiles and good humour. There were some folk I did want to talk to but couldn’t find or got waylaid talking to other folk – sorry about that. Next year.

Thank you to all the people who read the blog, who comment, who nominated me and the judges who, from a very strong group, selected me as the Best Irish Blog for 2008. I’m sure that in 2009 the competition will be even better but I think perhaps it’s time to introduce some kind of a rule whereby if you win a category three times in a row you have to take a year off or something. Are you listening, Sinead? *cough*

There are loads of great Irish blogs and loads of them that deserve recognition and awards. Most of all though they deserve readers and contributors, people who will enjoy and appreciate their writing or their expertise or their pancake recipes or whatever.

We are blog, heartache to heartache.

Cheers everyone.

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