The Durrow Scarecrow Festival is now in its thirteenth year and this is the last time it will run as a nine-day event. The highlight of the festival is the All-Ireland Scarecrow Championships in which hundreds of scarecrows from the four corners of Ireland and even further afield compete to win a prize. The festival runs until Monday, August 5th, in Durrow, Co Laois.
Taking a break in the Scarecrow Village. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Sive O’Sullivan listens for a heartbeat, watched by Nina Gordon, Ruth O’Sullivan and Faye Gordon, all from Kilkenny. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Sive O’Sullivan takes a photograph of Faye Gordon, Nina Gordon and Ruth O’Sullivan, all from Kilkenny. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Scarecrow Festival, in Durrow, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Scarecrow Festival, in Durrow, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Scarecrow Festival, in Durrow, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Scarecrow Festival, in Durrow, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Scarecrow Festival, in Durrow, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Scarecrow Festival, in Durrow, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Scarecrow Festival, in Durrow, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Ríona Cannon and Sarah Jayne Walsh at the Scarecrow Festival.
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Scarecrow Festival, in Durrow, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Children meet and greet unicorns and dinosaurs in the Scarecrow Village. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Heidi Brogan and Caitlin O’Brien from Carlow enjoy some ice cream in the Scarecrow Village. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
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