The nominations for this year’s Irish Blog Awards were released last week. I was surprised and pleased to see that the PuddleDucks Blog had been nominated in two categories – Best Blog of a Business and Best Newcomer. We are delighted to be in these lists with all those excellent blogs. I’ve only been blogging since last year and I’m still getting the hang of it but I must say that blogging has been an overwhelmingly positive experience for me. As well as the benefits for PuddleDucks from blogging, I have also met lots of interetsing, supportive and generous people in the blogging community in Ireland.
I know this is not the short list, it is not even the long list but even so, it’s great to be included in the list and I’d like to say a big thanks to whoever nominated us.
Best Blog of a Business – Sponsored by RedCardinal.ie
Argolon: http://argolon.com
Bobby Buckley Gardens: http://bbgardens.ie/blog
Beautifuljobs.ie: http://beautifuljobs.ie/articles
Denise Cox’s Blog: http://newsweaver.co.uk/emailnewsletters
Ice Cream Ireland: http://icecreamireland.com
No More Art Notepad: http://nomoreart.co.uk/notepad
Moore Groups Blog: http://mooregroup.wordpress.com
Declan Shalvey: http://dshalv.blogspot.com
Cully And Sully: http://cullyandsully.com/news
The Cycling Blog: http://worldwidecyclesblog.com
Tast.ie:: http://tast.ie
Weddingdates.ie: http://weddingdates.ie/blog
IIA Blog: http://blog.iia.ie
Curious Wines: http://curiouswines.ie
Limerick Business Blog: http://onesolution.ie/blog
Nice Day Designs: http://nicedaydesigns-ruth.blogspot.com
Echolibre Blog: http://blog.echolibre.com
Ifoods.tv: http://ifoods.tv/blog
Pure Play: http://bohanna.typepad.com/pureplay
Developing EWrite: http://ewritecork.com/blog
Robin Blandford: http://bytesurgery.com/blog
Krishna De: http://krishnade.com/blog
Peter Donegan Landscaping Weblog: http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com
Keith Malone Wedding Films: http://blog.keithmalone.ie
Sabrina Dent: http://sabrinadent.com
Security Watch: http://bhconsulting.ie/securitywatch
Argus Car Hire: http://blog.arguscarhire.com
Contrast | The Blog: http://contrast.ie/blog
The No Nonsense Blog: http://blog.nononsense.ie
Puddleducks Blog: http://blog.puddleducks.ie
Find a Conference Venue Blog: http://ciarafeely.wordpress.com/
Blacknight Blog: http://blog.blacknight.com
Brightspark Consulting Dublin: http://brightspark-consulting.com/blog
Weeno Blog: http://weeno.ie/blog
Cybercom: http://cybercom.ie
Best Newcomer – Sponsored by Teamworkpm.net
Teknovis: http://teknovis.eu/blog
Robert Franics Wine – http://www.robertfranciswine.ie/wordpress/
Happiness Machine: http://thehappinessmachine.blogspot.com
Digitology: http://digitologynow.blogspot.com
The National Lottie: http://thenationallottie.com
Mymunster.com: http://blog.mymunster.com
Alan Costello: http://www.alancostello.com
Circa: Now!: http://ciarandryan.blogspot.com
This Is What I Do.: http://darraghdoyle.blogspot.com
Ninth Level Ireland: http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com
Ciaran’s Blog: http://ciaran.ie
Trust Tommy: http://trusttommy.com
Kanchi Blog: http://kanchi.org/blog
Joe Scanlon: http://joescanlon.net
Contrar.ie: http://contrar.ie
Fireworks And Mash: http://fireworksandmash.com
Stony River Farm: http://stonyriverfarm.blogspot.com
Every Day Is Election Day : http://everydayiselectionday.com
The Sexy Pedestrian: http://thesexypedestrian.blogspot.com
Gaelick: http://gaelick.com
Blog Of Revelations: http://wordpress.hotpress.com/petermurphy
Red Lemonade: http://redlemonade.blogspot.com
Greenme Home Page : http://greenme.ie
Kyle Tunney Photography Blog – Ireland: http://blog.kyletunney.com
Maxi Cane: http://maxicane.com
Turbotricity – Domestic Wind Turbines: http://turbotricity.com
Outsidein: http://irishtimes.com/blogs/outsidein
Mikemaunsell.net: http://www.mikemaunsell.net
Looseville: http://looseville.org
Rattlebags: http://rattlebagswriter.blogspot.com
I Have Grave News: http://johnniecraig.wordpress.com
Messy Chef: http://messy-chef.com
Story-lah? Half-irish, Half-singaporean, Half-cut: http://sarahgostrangely.blogspot.com
Cheapeats.ie: http://cheapeats.ie
Glitter See, Glitter Do: http://glitterseeglitterdo.wordpress.com
Lidl Treats: http://lidltreats.com
Cool Sites: http://coolsites.ie
themiseducationof: http://themiseducationof.wordpress.com
Lee Munroe’s Blog: http://leemunroe.com
Guess List: http://guesslist.ie
Garibaldy Blog: http://garibaldy.wordpress.com
Clasheen By Nicola Brown: http://clasheen.wordpress.com
Ophelia Ford: http://opheliaford.blogspot.com
Puddleducks: http://blog.puddleducks.ie
The Daily Squee!: http://thedailysquee.wordpress.com
TheSexyPedestrian: thesexypedestrian.blogspot.com
Nick Thinks: http://nickthinks.wordpress.com
Northern Notes By Gary Mckeown: http://garymckeown.blogspot.com
Chancing My Arm: http://chancingmyarm.blogspot.com
Developing Ewrite: http://ewritecork.com/blog
Mentasms: http://mentasms.wordpress.com
Northern Notes By Gary Mckeown: http://garymckeown.info
The Irish Economy: http://irisheconomy.ie
Annette Dunlea Literary Blog: http://ajd8.wordpress.com
Mum Lives On: http://MumLivesOn.com
Toast: http://toastonline.net
Russellmcquillan.com: http://russellmcquillan.com
Colm Brophy: http://colmbrophy.com
The Irish Sentinel: http://irishsentinel.com
The Unemployed Blog: http://theunemployedblog.wordpress.com
Darrenbyrne.com: http://darrenbyrne.com/wordpress
The Anti-room: http://theantiroom.wordpress.com
Bloom Blog: http://bloom.ie/blog
Swear I’m Not Paul: http://swearimnotpaul.blogspot.com
Worth Doing Badly: http://tinman18.wordpress.com
Katyboo’s Weblog: http://katyboo1.wordpress.com
Party Down And Go Fuck Yourself: http://duderay.blogspot.com
Rosemary Mac Cabe: http://rosemarymaccabe.wordpress.com
Reverting To Type: http://sineadkeogh.wordpress.com
Profoundly Superficial: http://profoundlysuperficial.blogspot.com
Fitzys Cloud: http://fitzyscloud.blogspot.com
Ronster Munch – Blog: http://theronster.co.uk
Politics: http://irishtimes.com/blogs/politics
Le Craic: http://lecraic.com
Sinful Origami Paper: http://sinfulorigamipaper.wordpress.com
Who’s That Girl?: http://curious-very-curious.blogspot.com
Ten Lizard Tongues: http://tenlizardtongues.blogspot.com
Mediavirgins.com: http://mediavirgins.com
Beyond The Boardroom: http://btbtraining.com/blog
An Cathach: http://ancathach.com
The Blog Awards (like the Web Awards) are the brainchild of Damien Mulley, the kingpin of the Irish blogging community. The awards ceremony takes place in Cork on February 21st. I’m really looking forward to attending (sure it’s only down the road!) and meeting some great people there.
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