GALLERY: Tattersalls Irish Guineas Festival at the Curragh Racecourse

The 2016 summer racing season at the Curragh started with two spectacular race days on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May with the Tattersalls Irish Guineas Festival.  Special Guest appearance by Joanna Lumley who was celebrating her 70th Birthday.   Photos - Aishling Conway [caption id="attachment_93076" align="alignnone" width="200"] Anna Fortune(Commercial Manager of Kildare Post & Kildare Now) and Joanna Lumley[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93077" align="alignnone" width="200"] Anna Fortune(Commercial Manager of Kildare Post & Kildare Now), Joanna Lumley, Norah Casey(Irish Tatler Magazine) and Yvonne Connolly[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93078" align="alignnone" width="300"] Finalists of the Best Dressed Competition[/caption] Winner of the Best Dressed Competition Kirsty Farrell [caption id="attachment_93080" align="alignnone" width="170"] Winner of the Best Dressed Competition Kirsty Farrell[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93081" align="alignnone" width="300"] Winners of the Best Dressed Males Patrick and Raymond Gilbyrne with the Judges[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93082" align="alignnone" width="300"] Finalists of the Best Dressed Competition[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93083" align="alignnone" width="300"] Winner of the Best Dressed Kirsty Farrell with Judges[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93084" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ciaran O Toole and Tanya Doyle[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93085" align="alignnone" width="200"] Ellen Mulholland, Nora Mulholland, Barbara Fitzpatrick and Joan McArdle[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93086" align="alignnone" width="180"] Annemarie Corbit and Gillian Gilbyrne[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93087" align="alignnone" width="300"] Siobhan O Loan, Annemarie Hadnett, Sinead Hayes, Joy Higgins, Linda Morrison, Cathy Dillon, Liza Brennan and Helen Murphy[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93088" align="alignnone" width="200"] Annemarie Hadnett[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93089" align="alignnone" width="200"] Lisa Hickey[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93090" align="alignnone" width="188"] Elaine Kelleher and Joanne Murphy[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93091" align="alignnone" width="300"] Louise Byrne, Emliy Mohan and Grace Hogan[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93092" align="alignnone" width="200"] Anna Fortune (Commercial Manager Kildare Post & Kildare Now)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93094" align="alignnone" width="300"] Niamh and Aoife McNamara[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93095" align="alignnone" width="200"] Layla Keogh and Marie Sullivan[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93096" align="alignnone" width="200"] Orla Butler[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93097" align="alignnone" width="188"] Faith Amond and Liz Maher[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93098" align="alignnone" width="200"] Ian, Claire, Jessica, Liam and Stephen Power[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93099" align="alignnone" width="300"] The Artane Band[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93100" align="alignnone" width="164"] Cathy, Tara and Jack Dillon[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93101" align="alignnone" width="200"] Liz Waters and Aileen Morrin[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93102" align="alignnone" width="170"] Michelle Whelehan and Daniel Teleaga[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93103" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sarah Coughlan, Rebecca Troy and Corina Coughlan[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93104" align="alignnone" width="208"] Lorraine, Megan and Ellen Mulholland[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93105" align="alignnone" width="200"] Maria Byrne[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93106" align="alignnone" width="300"] David Cook, Christine Delaney and Mark Delaney[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93107" align="alignnone" width="200"] Joe and Thomas Walsh[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93108" align="alignnone" width="200"] Edel and Sinead McCaffrey[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93109" align="alignnone" width="231"] Joanna Lumley with Eilish Stack, Mary O Halloran, Joy Higgins and Sinead Hayes[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93110" align="alignnone" width="300"] Kevin Humphries and Marie Lawlor[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93111" align="alignnone" width="300"] Newbridge Gospel Choir members
Kay Scanlon, Bridget Donoghue, Mary Douglas, Mary Delaney and Marion Gleeson[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93112" align="alignnone" width="200"] Sarah McBride[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93113" align="alignnone" width="200"] Barbara Fitzpatrick[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93114" align="alignnone" width="171"] Kirsty Farrell and Emma Hanratty[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93115" align="alignnone" width="158"] Emma Hanratty[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93116" align="alignnone" width="200"] Emma Hanratty[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93117" align="alignnone" width="300"] Paul Carroll and Michael McCarthy[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93118" align="alignnone" width="300"] Nicola, Sam and Ian Thompson[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93119" align="alignnone" width="300"] Finalists of the Best Dressed Competition[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93121" align="alignnone" width="183"] Judges of the Best Dressed Competition Anna Fortune(Commercial Manager Kildare Post & Kildare Now) and Yvonne Connolly[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93122" align="alignnone" width="178"] Winners of the Best Dressed Mens Section Raymond and Patrick Gilbyrne[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93123" align="alignnone" width="300"] Suzanne Gilhooley(Cullen & Co Jewellers), Anna Fortune(Commercial Manager Kildare Post & Kildare Now),Ciara McElligott(Kilashee House Hotel) Norah Casey(Irish Tatler Magazine) and Yvonne Connolly[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93124" align="alignnone" width="200"] Evan Arkwright (Commercial Manager of the Curragh Racecourse) and Joanne Lumley[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93125" align="alignnone" width="200"] Joanna Lumley[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93128" align="alignnone" width="300"] Joanna Lumley and Norah Casey[/caption] [caption id="attachment_93135" align="alignnone" width="213"] Joanna Lumley[/caption]   Photos by Aishling Conway