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The Cream Starts To Rise, Let the Voting Begin
The Irish Blog Awards are fast approaching. In fact Damien has just launched the voting form over on the awards site. Well done Damien.
Whereas other Irish Internet-related awards have been much criticised (*cough*, *cough*), I think that the Blog Awards has every chance of being very transparent and highly credible. Every credit is due to Mr. Mulley.
Well done to all the nominated bloggers, and if you’re on the list then watch my blog for a very special anouncement.
The form currently does not allow voters to visit each nominee site/page, although this functionality is due soon. So to help everyone out here’s the full list of categories and nominees:
Best Designed Blog
- 5 Pieces
- Ach go háirithe
- Beaut.ie
- BifSniff
- Clamnuts
- Creative Imagination – Ken McGuire
- ElBlogador.com – The Voice of Irish Nationalism
- From Ireland to Kansas City
- Fustar
- Ginger Pixel
- Inside the mind of an idiot
- IrishElection.com
- Jason Roe’s blog
- John Handerlaar’s Blog
- Kind I Like – Things that look like people
- Léigh ar mo T-léine é!
- Letter to America
- Magoo
- Nialler9
- Pretty Cunning
- RedFly Marketing
- Soundtracks for Them
- Spoilt.ie
- Stunned.org
- Team Geared Up
- The InFactah Blog
- The IQ Content Blog
- Twenty Major
- UnLaoised
Best Blog
- Alive in Limerick
- An Irish Craftworkers Good Life
- An SpailpÃn Fánach
- An tImeall
- Arse End of Ireland
- ArseBlog
- Backseat Drivers
- Barbara’s bleeuugh!
- Beaut.ie
- BifSniff
- Biz Growth News
- Blogorrah
- Bock the Robber
- ElBlogador.com- The Voice of Irish Nationalism
- Fustar
- Head Rambles
- I Take Photees
- Ireland 16 Days
- IrishElection.com
- Letter to America
- Manuel Stimulation
- Mcawilliams.com
- Mine’s A Jack Daniels
- Nialler9
- Pygment
- RedMum’s Blog
- Skinflicks
- Snackboxdiaries
- StigOnline
- The Cedar Lounge Revolution
- The Community At Large
- The InFactah Blog
- The Limerick Blogger
- Tir na Blog
- Twenty Major
- Womans Aid
Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog
- Ach go háirithe
- An Saol
- An SpailpÃn Fánach
- Arm Rúnda na Gaeilge
- Blag Shomhairle
- Chetwynde Down
- Hilary NY
- Léigh ar mo T-léine é!
- MH Wombat
- nobyegarawn
- Roinnt Smaointe
- Seo Panu ag labhairt
- Smaointe Fánacha Aonghusa
Best Political Blog
- 1169 and Counting
- A Tangled Web
- An Caomhach
- An Saol
- An Spailpán Fánach
- Balrog
- Best of Both Worlds
- Bock the Robber
- Damien Blake
- Daniel K. Sullivan
- Dominic Hanngian’s blog
- ElBlogador.com- The Voice of Irish Nationalism
- Extra Extra
- Graham O’Maonaigh
- Green Ink
- Harry McGee’s blog
- ie-Politics by Gerry O’Quigley
- Ireland – The Voice Of The Nation
- IrishElection.com
- Maman Poulet
- Richard Delevan’s blog
- Seamus Ryan’s blog
- Semper Idem
- Sicilian Notes – Richard Waghorne
- Skinflicks
- Slugger O’Toole
- The Cedar Lounge Revolution
- The Dossing Times
- The Tuppenceworth Blog
- The United Irelander Blog
- The Young Unionists
Best Group Blog
- ArseBlog
- Backseat Drivers
- Balrog
- BifSniff
- Blather
- Blogorrah
- Howth Coastguard Blog
- In Fact Ah
- Ireland 16 Days
- IrishElection.com
- Links Heaven
- Old Rotten Hat
- One Breast Less
- Sligo Camera Club
- Sligo Rugby Football Club
- Team Geared Up
- The Cedar Lounge Revolution
- The Community At Large
- The Dublin Blog
- The Limerick Blogger
- Tuppenceworth
- UCD Science Librarians
- Womens Aid Blog
- Wow Blog
Best Contribution to the Irish Bloggersphere
- Bernie Goldbach
- Cian and Simon for Irish Election
- Conn O Muineachain
- Donncha O’Caoimh
- Gavin Joyce for Kick.ie
- Macdara in the Leb
- Michele Neylon for IrishBlogs.info
- Rick O’Shea
- Sarah Carey
- Simon McGarr
- Tom Raftery
Best News/Current Affairs Blog
- Adam Maguire
- Alive in Limerick
- An Spailpán Fánach
- Best of Both Worlds
- Dublin Opinion
- IrishElection.com
- Public Inquiry
- Road Deaths.ie
- Sarah Carey
- Skinflicks
- Stephen Spillane
- The Limerick Blogger
- The NewsWire
- The Story
Best Technology Blog/Blogger
- 5Pieces.com
- Aidan Finn
- Bernie Goldbach
- Clare Dillon
- Conor O’Neill
- Creative Imagination – Ken McGuire
- Donncha O’Caoimh
- EdenWeb Blog
- Firstpartners.net
- Francis Shanahan
- Ina O’Murchu
- IQ Content Blog
- James Corbett – Eirepreneur
- John Collins
- John Naughton
- Justin Mason
- Michele Neylon for IrishBlogs.info
- Mobileblogr.com
- Pat Phelan
- Red Cardinal
- Robert Burke
- Tom Raftery
- What Will you see next?
- Your Tech Stuff – Adrian Weckler
Most Humorous Post
- Ach go háirithe – Reasons Behind Australian Rough-House Tactics In International Rules Series (Exclusive)
- andcurve – Cock-blocking beats
- Arse End of Ireland – Berties Perspiration
- Arse End of Ireland – Won’t Somebody think of the children
- Backseat Drivers – Sex – Breakfast of Champions
- BifSniff – Dry White Seasoning
- BifSniff – Spyware
- Blogorrah – The Twink Tapes
- Blogorrah – Why can’t we all just get along?
- Captain Purplehead – Ah Tis All Too Much
- Chetwynde Downs – The Naile Raye Quintet
- Dublin Opinion – Property Market Causes Ireland to shit its brain
- Earth and Universe – Legend of Uncle Tom and the Bubble Car
- ElBlogador – DUP In Gay Marriage Shocker
- ElBlogador – These are a few of my favourite things
- Fustar – Dis-courtesy Call
- Fustar – Manky Toy Monday: League of the Transformable
- Gingerpixel – Garda Prank Call
- Green Ink – Beep Beep Beep
- Head Rambles – Giving Up Smoking
- Head Rambles – Translation Help Needed
- In Fact Ah – The Occasional Diary Entries of German Director Werner Herzog
- Irish KC – A Kansas City Phone Call To An Irish Mother
- Irish KC – Irish Conversations
- Kav’s Blog – Westside Story Bud
- Letter to America – Drama – Thy Name is Pong
- Life’s a bastard – Scientists – I’m against them
- Manuel Stimulation – From Bad to More Bad
- Manuel Stimulation – Victory to Moroccan Imperialism
- Old Bitter Balls – Or was this just a dream?
- Political Quote – PDs new Spin Doctor
- Pure Cork Boy – Music: The Roaring Forties
- RedMum – Guilty Pleasures
- Rick O’Shea – Ketchup… Catsup..
- Rinceoir – Cry Havoc
- Skinflicks – Babys called Bad Bad thing
- Snackbox – AbuseOS from TwinkSoft
- Snackbox – The Story of Jimbob
- The Great Wee Azoo – Awfully awfully
- Twenty Major – Countdown to Next Election
- Twenty Major – Post Secret
- Wayne Ordinary American – Wayne loves you one and all
Best Newcomer
- 4Basra
- Alan in Belfast
- An Irish Craftworker’s Good Life
- An Saol
- Arse End of Ireland
- Beaut.ie
- Betty the Sheep
- Blogorrah
- Bock the Robber
- Dario Sanchez’s Angry Dome
- Elly Babes
- Fastlad
- Harry McGee
- Head Rambles
- Ireland 16 Days
- Ireland from a Polish perspective
- Kav’s Blog
- Lexferenda
- Linkmap
- Michael Flangan
- Notes on the Front
- Peppermint Tea
- Skinflicks
- Style Treaty
- The Cedar Lounge Revolution
- The Great Wee Azoo
- The Midnight Court
- The News Wire
- The Waiting Game
- What will you see next?
- Where’s the Salt?
- Womens Aid
Best Business Blog
- Allagi Blog
- Argolon
- Ask Direct
- ATP Blog
- Barry Walsh
- BH Consulting Blog
- Biz Growth News
- Bubble Brothers
- First Partners
- ForestHill Blog
- Ice Cream Ireland
- ImageFile Blog
- Inter-Actions
- James Corbett – Eirepreneur
- Keith Bohanna
- Kevin Kelly Unlimited
- McGarr Solicitors
- Michele Neylon
- Piaras Kelly
- Red Cardinal
- Roam4Free Blog
- Voicesage Blog
Best Blog Post
- “Ach go háirithe – We love Irish we do
- An Cainteoir Dáchais – Ag táraÃocht na ndálseoirá i mBaile Átha Cliath
- andcurve – Cock-blocking beats
- Annie Rhiannon – Three years too late
- Arse End of Ireland – Where do you get your smoke from?
- Arse End of Ireland – The Bertles
- Balrog – McDowell should walk over Rape crisis
- Bifsniff – Should You Be Laughing At This?
- Blather.net Snackbox Diaries – Introducing AbuseOS from Twinksoft corp
- Blogorrah – Rochegate: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
- Bock the Robber – Haughey
- Conor’s Bandon Blog – You may feel a small prick
- Cruiskeen Eile – Boys will be Boys
- Cruiskeen Eile – Phwoarr. How to Report on the Troubles While Getting
- David McWilliams – The Dundrum Paradox – Don’t be Paddy Last!
- Dervala.net – The Passion-Industrial Complex
- Earth and Universe – The day I quit as an Altar Boy. The Genesis of success!!??
- Earth and Universe – The legend of Uncle Tom and the Bubble Car
- ElBlogador – Bloody Sunday In Pictures
- ElBlogador – Peter Robinson
- “Empire State View – Barry Egan
- From Bath to Cork with baby Grace – After traffic in Cork
- F̼star РDavid Sque Interview Part 1.
- F̼star РChess with balls
- Graham Ó Maonaigh – Ending Gun crime requires a ‘harm reduction’ approach
- iQblog – Irish kitchen sink usability
- Irelands Few – Corruption WithIn Unionism?
- IrishEyes – Richard Waghorne has a closed mind
- Letter to America – Drama – Thy Name is Pong
- Life is a Journal – Self Help and Personal Development for Lazy People
- Madspoon – Sheep 34 Banana
- Maman Poulet – Maman Poulet
- Minesajackdaniels’ Blog – Pompoms and bottle tops.
- Old Bitter Balls – Keeling Time
- Political Quote – Bertie Ahern does a ‘Nixon’ over money scandal
- Red Cardinal – Golden Spiders – Are These Really Ireland’s Best Websites?
- Redfly Marketting – DMOZ Submission Guide
- Ricks Breakfast Blog – A Religious Experience…
- Ricks Breakfast Blog – Most Extraordinary Day of my Life
- Skin Flicks – The JC Skinner guide to drinking
- Stig Online – The most painful 12 miles of my life (and the other 14 were hardly easy)
- The Adventures of Truculent Horse – Culture Shock III – The Language Barrier
- The Dossing Times – The Riots and the consequences.
- The Dossing Times – Riots in Dublin
- The Great Wee Azoo – Awfully Awfully at Castleward Book Fair
- The Midnight Court – Paper Round Exclusive!
- the torture garden – the best songs of 2006
- Twenty Major – A thousand words
- Twenty Major – Countdown to the next election
- Ulster Young Unionist Council – Ignoring the Big Issues
- Young Unionists – In defence of the Act of Settlement
Best Arts and Culture Blog
- Alan in Belfast
- BifSniff
- Blather.net
- Contemporary Arts Review
- Dead Beat
- Empirestate View
- Fustar
- Georgiasam
- Green Ink
- In Fact Ah
- KC Irish Fest
- Letter to America
- Maguires Movies
- PaddyC Movie Reviews
- Poet Bloggs
- Sinead Gleeson
- Soundtracks for Them
- Stunned
- The Cat Flap
- The Dreaming Arm
- The Harlot’s Progress
- The Torture Garden
Best Personal Blog
- Annie Rhiannon
- Barbara’s bleeuugh!
- Conor O’Neill
- Dec’s Rambling
- FatMammyCat
- From Bath to Cork with Baby Grace
- Gerry Gainford
- GingerPixel
- Hangar Queen
- Head Rambles
- Kav’s Blog
- Mine’s a Jack Daniels
- RedMum
- The Newbrowne Blog
- The Rambling Man
- The Waiting Game
- Una Rocks
- Wayne Ordinary American
- Winds and Breezes
Best Sport & Recreation Blog
- ArseBlog
- Billy Lyons
- Fustar’s World Cup
- In Fact Ah
- Irish Go blog
- Laois Talk
- Liverpool Access
- On the Ditch
- PaddyC Movie Reviews
- Piranha Triathlon Club
- Rebel BMX
- Sligo Rugby Football Clun
- SportCrazy.net
- Team Geared Up
- The Kop Blog
- Tom’s Sporting Almanac
- Wiffy Blog
Best Photo Blog
- Caitriona.net
- Capture Capture
- Dancing Shades of Light
- Derek Knight Photography
- Donal’s blog
- Focus Pocus
- Gingerpixel
- Glassey Alley
- Headphoneland
- How your mama now?
- I Take Photees
- Iced Coffee
- I’m never gonna dance again
- In Photos
- Ireland from a Polish perspective
- Kind I Like
- Léigh ar mo T-léine é
- Letter to America
- Mcawilliams
- North Atlantic Skyline
- PAD – Photo a Day
- Photographe à Dublin
- Pygment
- RedMum
- Rymus.net
- Seth Wheeler
- Snoother
- This is Diopter
Best Specialist Blog
- 4Basra
- An Irish Craftworker’s Good Life
- Ask Direct
- Ball*istic
- Beaut.ie
- Bibliocook
- Burma Review
- Clear of Cloud
- Clerical Whispers
- Graham O’Maonaigh
- Green Ink
- Howth Coastguard
- Ice Cream Ireland
- Ireland 16 Days
- Irish Go blog
- Irish KC
- KC Irish Fest
- Lean Healthcare Services Blog
- Lexferenda
- McGarr Solicitors
- Munster Pubs
- Myers Watch
- One Breast Less
- PR Matters
- Random Grub
- Siopa Eile
- SSIA Watch
- The Good Life
- The Waiting Game
- Wearie
- Whois Ireland
- World Debate Website
Best Music Blog
- Cumann Carad na Gaeilge
- Faoi dhein an dorais
- House is a Feeling
- In Fact Ah
- Kilkenny Music Blog
- Magoo
- Mp3Hugger
- Nialler9
- Sinead Gleeson
- Soundtracks for Them
- Spudshow
- The Torture Garden
- Una Rocks
- Wearie
Best Podcaster
- 2 Irish Geeks and a TV
- An Lionra
- An Saol
- ArseBlog
- Cumann Carad na Gaeilge
- Doop Podcasting
- EdgeCast
- Faoi dhein an dorais
- Kevin Kelly
- Letter to America
- Okey Doke Football
- Oldbones
- Open Source Podcast
- Podcasting.ie
- Podleaders
- Richard Delevan
- The Persuaders
- Twenty Major
- Wargeek.net
Best Podcast
- An Lionra – 06 12 06
- Arseblog – Episode 1
- Arseblog – Episode 10
- Arseblog – Episode 12
- Cumann Carad na Gaeilge – Podchraoladh Caoga a Naoi
- IT@Cork – Eddie Hobbs
- Letter to America – Chapter 29 – The Lift 2.0
- Letter to America – Chapter 43 – The Date – Part 1
- Letter to America – The Irish Blog Awards Podcast
- Oldbones – The Favour
- Podleaders – Dan Bricklin
- Twenty Major – Pizza Delivery
- Twenty Major – Scientology
Thrilled to have been nominated in two,will keep an eye out for your announcement.
Comment by Pat Phelan — February 10, 2007 @ 10:43 am
Well done Pat. I’m in there for 3 I think (pesky long list) which is fantastic given I only started blogging in August 2006.
Having to put a little thought into the announcement.
Comment by Richard Hearne — February 10, 2007 @ 11:21 am
Congrats Richard, I beat you by a month, started beginning July. I’m intrigued by your announcement.
Comment by Pat Phelan — February 10, 2007 @ 11:27 am
Some familiar names on the list. Some well deserved ones too!
Comment by Michele — February 10, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
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Richard,
Thanks for the list – It’s going to save a lot of people Google-time to find out the nominees.
Expect your stats to go through the roof any minute now
Paul
Comment by Paul Browne — February 10, 2007 @ 11:12 pm
Actually, I’m expecting my stats to improve quite steadily from around lunchtime tomorrow onwards
Comment by Richard Hearne — February 10, 2007 @ 11:22 pm
If it’s a better draw than this one, then it’s going to be good
Comment by Paul Browne — February 10, 2007 @ 11:32 pm
If the bookies are still open then you might want to wager a couple of quid. Let’s just say I’m fairly confident of getting a bit of attention tomorrow.
Comment by Richard Hearne — February 10, 2007 @ 11:42 pm
This is all beginning to sound very interesting. Time to give Paddy Powers a call I think
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That list must have been torturous to write. Thanks for the mention.
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