Offaly photographer's stunning shot wins prize in Teagasc photo competition

Elodie Gill from Clonbullogue, Co. Offaly scooped the second prize in the Teagasc competition.

placeholder image — Elodie Gill from Clonbullogue, Co. Offaly scooped the second prize in the Teagasc competition.

Teagasc ran a photo competition in the run up to their National Beef Open Day, BEEF2022 and invited entries from beef farmers all over the country, which depicted what beef farming means to them and what day-to-day life is like on an Irish beef farm.

Elodie Gill from Clonbullogue, Co. Offaly scooped the second prize in the competition. Elodie snapped the photograph through a hedge while out on the farm one day and submitted it when she saw the competition.Elodie wrote ‘A gap in the hedge leads to beautiful grazing cattle’.

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Teagasc Beef Enterprise leader Paul Crosson said; “We were overwhelmed with the response to our competition and delighted to have received such high quality entries. The judges and I had a difficult task to whittle down over 150 entries to three winners and five runners up, all which showcased what’s great about Irish beef farming. Congratulations to all the winners.”

The third prize went to Kieran Beirne from Boyle, Co. Roscommon. When the photograph was taken, the cows had just moved into their new paddock and were enjoying the evening sunset.

There were five runners up also chosen. They were Colm Mulligan, Co. Leitrim; Bill Guinan, Co. Offaly; Aoibhin Coady, Co. Tipperary; Chris Gethings, Co. Offaly and Christopher Doughan, Co. Tipperary.

All entries were displayed at the National Beef Open Day and can now be viewed at www.teagasc.ie/thisisbeef