Congrats that made it to the longlists. Be sure to thank the sponsors too who make this whole event possible each year.
Every nominated blog has now been judged and the the longlists are below. For those blog owners who show up in multiple categories you now must choose which category you want to be in when your blog is moved forward into the next round of judging. Send an email to contact < at > awards.ie with the subjectline “Category Choice” and tell us the category you want to be judged in. You will then be removed from the rest when the next round starts. You have until Friday the 6th at 5pm. If you don’t want to make the choice we’ll randomly select one of your categories. As was highlighted during the nomination process, a blog can only be shortlisted/longlisted in one category.
Edit: Use of Irish Language added in to this list, unchanged.
Best Popculture Blog – Sponsored by Bubble Hits
- Raptureponies
The Red Scrapbook- Why that’s delightful
- Jazzbiscuit
- Rosemary Maccabe
- The Chancer
- Victor Barry
- Fústar
- Dante and the Lobster
- The Bubble Boy
- Bifsniff
- Ego Eccentric
- Panti’s blog
- Rick O’Shea
Off Her Rocker- Unarocks
- Old Bitter Balls
- Off the Meatrack
- Anneelicious
Best Blog from a Journalist – Sponsored by Mamut
- Irish Crime Reporter
- Karlin Lillington
Mark Davenport- Markham Nolan
- Pricewatch – Conor Pope
- Adam Maguire
- Dermot Keyes
- David McWilliams
- Adrian Weckler
Unarocks- Malachi O’Doherty
- Limerick Leader – On The Beat
- Haydn Shaughnessy
- Calvin Jones
- Peter Murphy
- Gavin Sheridan
Best Food/Drink Blog – Sponsored by Bord Bia
- Italian Foodies
- iFoods.tv
- Littlebird Eats
- A Food Journey in Korea
- Well done Fillet
- Ice Cream Ireland
- The Good Mood Food Blog
- Sourgrapes
- The Daily Spud
- Just Add Eggs
- Cully and Sully
- Cheap Eats
- Tast.ie
- Bibliocook
- Food and Drink in Ireland
- Bubble Brothers
- Val’s Kitchen
- Robert Frances Wine
Curious Wines- Messy Chef
Best Fashion Blog – Sponsored by Spinnakerpro
- The Sexy Pedestrian
- I Blog Fashion
- Dressjunkie
- Angela Scanlon
- The Portmanteau
- Fashion Filosofy
- Beaut.ie
- Vulgar Moon
- Indigo and Cloth
- Lovely Disco
- Wow
- belfast Fashion
- Bluebirds Are So Natural
- Dublin Streets
Best Arts and Culture Blog – Sponsored by Poetry Ireland
- Fustar
- Irish KC
- The Asylum
- Chris Judge Illustration
- David Maybury
Dante and the Lobster- A Doubtful Egg
- Pursued by a Bear
- An Cathach
- Scamp
- The Red Scrap Book
- Film Talk
- Maguire’s Movies
- Caricatures Ireland
- Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Devious Theatre
- The Local Project
Musical Rooms- Self interest and sympathy
- Stonyriver Farm
- Eoin Purcell
Best Political Blog – Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries
- Suzy Byrne
- Three thousand Versts
Tuppenceworth- Slugger O’Toole
- Mark Devenport
- Irish Election
- Dublin Opinion
- Public Inquiry
- Cedarlounge
- A Publisher’s Blog
- Your Friend in the North
- O’Conall Street
- Unionists Lite
Green Inkpen- James Lawless
- Daniel Sullivan
- Keith Martin
- El Blogador
- Gavin’s Blog
Best Group Blog – Sponsored by DineToMeet.ie
Beaut.ie- Tuppenceworth
Slugger O’Toole- A Tangled Web
- The Blog Pound
Limerick BloggerIrish Election- Blather
- SCC English
Analogue Magazine- The Antiroom
- Dublin Blog
- Soundtracks for them
Web2Ireland- The Elevator
- Gaelick
- Cheebah
- Soho Solo
Ego Eccentric- Media Virgins
Curious Wines- The Lives of Others
- Coworking.ie
- 1Blankpage
Best Technology Blog/Blogger – Sponsored by Bitbuzz
- Keith Shirley
- Pat Phelan
Karlin Lillington- Contrast Blog
- Ken Mcguire
- Liquid Learning
- Justin Mason
- MJ
- Bernie Goldbach
- Donncha O’Caoimh
- Michele Neylon
- Robin Blandford
- Digmo
- Digital Darragh
- John Braine
- Cormac Moylan
- TechCentral
- Gadget Republic
- Web2Ireland
Best Sport and Recreation Blog – Sponsored by Boards.ie
- Kopblog
- Hook Hockey
- This is Anfield
- Arseblog
- Mayo GAA
- Spoke.ie
- Okeydoke Football
- Limerick Post Sport
- Team Geared Up
- Worldwide Cycles
- Football Corner
- Irish Kopite
- Peter Bills
- Jump the Fence
Best News/Current Affairs Blog – Sponsored by IGO People
- Suzy Byrne
- Splintered Sunrise
- Bock the Robber
Irish Election- Limerick Blogger
Irish Sentinel- Tallyman
- The Politics Show
- Youghal Online
- Hugh Green
- Newswire99
Best Specialist Blog – Sponsored by iQ Content
- http://lexferenda.com
- http://pauldervan.com
- http://leemunroe.com
- http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com
- http://thefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com
- http://welldonefillet.blogspot.com
- http://xbox4nappyrash.blogspot.com
- http://valueireland.com
- http://irisheconomy.ie
- http://biopsy.wordpress.com
- http://pkellypr.com/blog
- http://knittingneels.com
- http://clasheen.wordpress.com
- http://solo-magazine.com
- http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com
- assistanttothebrandmanager
- aranbrew
- badlibrarianship.
- Kind I like
- Irish Taxi
- Sarah Tales
Best Newcomer – Sponsored by Teamworkpm.net
- katyboo1
- Outside In
- Lee Munroe
- sarahgostrangely
- national lottie
- Sinead Keogh
- Trust Tommy
- Joe Scanlon
- I Am Paddy
- The Unemployed Blog
- Tinman 18
- sinfulorigamipaper.
- Teknovis
- Guesslist
- Glitter See Glitter Do>/a>
- Darragh Doyle
- Johhnie Craig
Best Blog of a Business – Sponsored by RedCardinal.ie
- Keith Bohanna
- IIA Blog
- Puddle Ducks
- Icecream Ireland
- Krishna De
Tast.ieiFoods.tv- Sabrina Dent
- Peter Donegan Landscaping
- Curious Wines
- eWrite Cork
- Fortify Your Oasis
- Brian Honan Consulting
- Blacknight Blog
- Niceday Designs
- Brightspark Consulting
- Nononsense Blog
- Argolon
- Cybercom
Best Music Blog – Sponsored by DownloadMusic.ie
- Asleep on the Compost Heap
- Nialler9
- On the Record
- The Torture Garden
- Drop D
- Indiehour
- Kilkenny Music
Guess List- Unreality TV
- frmckenzie
theredscrapbook- mp3hugger
- Those Geese
- Analogue Magazine
- Off Her Rocker
- State Blog
- Swear I’m Not Paul
Unarocks- Stuart Bailie
- Musical Rooms
- Nick Thinks
Best Personal Blog – Sponsored by Microsoft Ireland’s Developer and Platform Group
- Verba – McAWilliams
- Grandad
- Red Leeroy
- Cackaloo
- Annie Rhiannon
- casacaseycourtney
- Conortje
- Trust Tommy
- Well Done Fillet
- Fat Mammy Cat
- Infantasia
- Coffee helps
- Darren Byrne
- Grannymar
Red Mum- English Mum
- Sinéad Cochrane
Best Humour Blog – Sponsored by Beecher Networks
- Grandad
- One for the Road
- American Hell
- National Disgrace
- Pauline McLynn
- Old bitterballs
- Twenty Major
- The Swearing Lady
- Well Done Fillet
- Terence McDanger
- Maxicane
- Hangar Queen
- Gammagoblin
Why that’s delightful- Assistant to the Brand Manager
- Primal Sneeze
Jazzbiscuit- Irish Sentinel
- Emesq
- Big Bank Ltd
- Green Inkpen
Best Photo Blog – Sponsored by Pix.ie
- Darren Greene
- Caitriona Dwyer
- Glassey Alley
- CasaCaseyCourtney
- Red Mum
- McAWilliams
- Venividi.ie
- Phil O’Kane
- Donncha O’Caoimh
- This Irish Photograph
- Gingerpixel
- Paudie
- Porchfield
- North Atlantic Skyline
- The Baz
- Figmentation
- Deeorgan
- Kevoto
- Miss Lili
- Lickable Wallpaper
- Ross Costigan
Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog – Sponsored by Edgecast Media
Hilary NY: http://hilaryny.blogspot.com
Corcaighist: http://corcaighist.blogspot.com
An Druma Mór: http://andrumamornuacht.blogspot.com
An Spailpín Fánach: http://spailpin.blogspot.com
Íomhá An Lae: http://iomhannablag.blogspot.com
An Cnagaire: http://ancnagaire.blogspot.com
Talk Irish: http://talkirish.com
Igaeilge: http://igaeilge.wordpress.com
Dialann Scott: http://dialannscott.blogspot.com
Blag Ghael Gan Náire: http://gaelgannaire.blogspot.com
*whimpers*
Must post to blog more regularly in 2009……
What about Irish language list?
Yey I made the long list, but I don’t know which one to choose, fashion or business…ponder ponder…any suggestions?
Great news, thanks! Doubt I’ll make it to the shortlist but I can keep my fingers crossed…
Hey, this is nice. Well done to Damien (and everyone else) for keeping this award going.
Yeah! Of course it’s an honour just to be nominated! 🙂
+ this list is a great tool for finding out what’s going on out there – keep up the good work!
+ hope to be able to meet some of ya at the ceremony 🙂
Speaking for those on the Irish Language Blog Awards list, I wonder whether there will be a ‘long list’, ‘short list’ or not? If so, when? If not, why not?
Hi all, very happy to be nominated and even happier to make the long list. I appreciate all the efforts in running this competition.
Concubhar if you could let all your people know that since there were so little nominations for your people’s category, they all are on a very short longlist.
Thought that might be the case. Arithmetic is the same in any language.
Beir bua (má thuigeann tú mé) 🙂
Point taken, Damien. I am well aware of the loneliness of the Irish language blogger. There are more bloggers coming forward with Irish language blogs or the use of Irish in their blogs – and that’s something which hopefully will be built on. However something similar happened wrt the Web Awards – there was no Irish language shortlist. So I was merely putting the question.
I have to say that I am grateful to yourself, Damien, for the effort you put into this competition and if there’s any way I can help in future, to encourage other Irish language bloggers to come forward and be nominated, or whatever, I will do so with a heart and a half. The sponsors – Edgecast Media [Conn Ó Múineacháin] – also – thanks.
nice blogs
Jaysus, I didn’t even know it was on till I got the round up from Poetry Ireland… a lot of Irish lit bloggers that should be in this list… oh well, there’s always next year!
Once again, I’m about a week behind on checking this thing. But there I am, on the long list. I’m (just a little bit) thrilled.
Thanks to the judges for putting us forward on both newcomer and music longlists, much appreciated.
Thanks guys, charmed to meet ye. Twas a great night all round.