Fourteen ladies from around the world have been selected for this year’s Mary From Dungloe International Arts Festival, with the winner to be crowned early next month. The festival will run from Saturday, July 27 until Monday, August 5. Now in its 57th year, the festival offers a wide variety of activities catering to all ages from live music, entertainment, sporting, artistic and novelty events all on the programme. The winner, crowned 'Mary From Dungloe' holds the title for a year and acts as an ambassador for the festival, Dungloe and Donegal. Last year’s winner was Adele Morgan, who is from Glasgow and represented Dubai. .

placeholder image — Fourteen ladies from around the world have been selected for this year’s Mary From Dungloe International Arts Festival, with the winner to be crowned early next month. The festival will run from Saturday, July 27 until Monday, August 5. Now in its 57th year, the festival offers a wide variety of activities catering to all ages from live music, entertainment, sporting, artistic and novelty events all on the programme. The winner, crowned 'Mary From Dungloe' holds the title for a year and acts as an ambassador for the festival, Dungloe and Donegal. Last year’s winner was Adele Morgan, who is from Glasgow and represented Dubai. .

In pictures: Get to know the 14 ladies selected for the Mary From Dungloe

By Aoife Gallagher

DonegalLive multimedia journalist

Published 24th Jul 2024, 21:33 GMT

Over the 10 days, the participating ladies will wear their various sashes representing New York, Dungloe, Donegal, Birmingham, London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Wild Atlantic Way, Wicklow, United Arab Emirates, Philidelphia, Gaeltacht, Cavan and Glasgow

Cavan: Orla SheridanCavan native orla is strongly connected to Dungloe and spent much time there. The 23-year-old recently completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Galway and will soon begin a master's in psychology.

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Cavan: Orla SheridanCavan native orla is strongly connected to Dungloe and spent much time there. The 23-year-old recently completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Galway and will soon begin a master's in psychology.

Gaeltacht: Leah McDaidCreeslough’s Leah McDaid is representing the Gaeltacht at this year’s Mary From Dungloe. The nineteen-year-old attended a gaelscoil where she excelled at the Irish language. Leah is currently completing a bachelor's degree in Business studies at Ulster University Belfast.

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Gaeltacht: Leah McDaidCreeslough’s Leah McDaid is representing the Gaeltacht at this year’s Mary From Dungloe. The nineteen-year-old attended a gaelscoil where she excelled at the Irish language. Leah is currently completing a bachelor's degree in Business studies at Ulster University Belfast.

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