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THE ‘GOOGLE DOODLE’ that will be displayed on the search engine’s Irish homepage on the centenary Easter Monday has been chosen.
This is the handy work of 12-year-old Cork student Mia Buckley from Summercove National School.
This is part of Google’s 2016 commemoration programme and students were asked to design a Doodle along the theme of ‘Ireland is…’ to show what Ireland means to them.
The winning design is entitled ‘Ireland is a land so green’ and integrates themes of sports, farming and music into the famous Google logo.
Speaking about it, Buckley said:
Ireland is a land so green with grazing cattle to be seen. Steeped in rich history with music and sports so fine. I love this Irish home of mine.
A ceremony was held at Google’s Dublin headquarters today where she was presented with the prize of a €5,000 scholarship towards her third-level studies as well as a Chromebook. Her school will also receive a €10,000 technology grant and her teacher will receive a Chromebook.
She beat out competition from 74 other regional finalists to have her design chosen.
Among the entries were others that celebrated alternative elements of Irish culture.
This entry from Maríosa Bryceland of Loreto Community School in Milford, Donegal is entitled ‘Ireland is inspiring’.
On her choice of imagery, Bryceland said: “Ireland should be known for more than leprechauns.”
This entry entitled ‘Ireland is Marine Life’ and was done by Inez Gadula from Loreto in Foxrock and is based on a sea theme.
“When I think of Ireland I think of the sea because Ireland is an island and I live by the coast,” Gadula says.
A full list of the regional finalists can be viewed here.
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Excellent. And not a pint to be seen.
No Spuds either
Or leprechauns
The second g is very clever
Handiwork can indeed be handy work. But a journalist should know the difference
It’s rubbish.
Very nice, although no actual reference to the actual events of the rising but very nice indeed
Lovely pic, in fairness, from a 12 year old. :)
Ah, take it easy! The remit for the children was to design a doodle based on what Ireland means to them … not from an adults perspective. They reference to their own experiences, not ours. Well done to all the kids
1:32am tomorrow morning is the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Nelsons Pillar.
Replaced with the hypodermic needle aka the Spire, a tribute to Dublin’s junkies
Awful, not a single reference to the rising!
Actually that’s not fair its a lovely doodle, but has nothing to do with 1916
The title for entry was “Ireland is…” meaning it had nothing to do with the 1916 rising. Also I wouldn’t expect young children to do drawings about the rising… Seems a little dark…
The title of the competition was “Ireland is…” meaning it had nothing to do with the rising. Also having young children to drawings based on the rising is a little dark…
Read the article , it was nothing to do with the Easter rising
Its going up on easter Monday come on! It was a badly themed competition for starters. Yes the initial post was a gut reaction but it pisses me off that corporations and media are trying to sanitise the rising in this way
I agree Kevin, it’s more in keeping with St Patrick’s Day than the 1916 Commemoration
Brendan the competition wasn’t for the Easter rising .
Headline: This is what Google has chosen to be its Easter 1916 Commemoration Doodle.
That cow should have two ear tags
a tractor, a cow, a shamrock, a harp and a hurl. beggorah sure isn’t that what we’re all about don’t ye know
I don’t see how you can complain about a harp, hurl or shamrock
It’s a hurley.
it’s actually a camán if you want to be so specific
Sure. Camán as Gaeilge. Hurley in English.
Better than a gun Niall. Any day of the goddamn week.
Really nice, love the hurley/sliotar, Harp and Deora De
It contains a large multi national corporation anyway. It’s what Enda would’ve wanted
Good job Mia. I love it.
Yes, well done, Mia!
With the advances Ireland has made in the last century, you think we could get away from the stereo type of the paddy farmer and his tractor. Obviously not..
Agriculture is our biggest industry
No it isn’t , are you living in the 60s or did you sleep through the Celtic tiger? There are loads of sectors bigger than agriculture which is a relatively small part of the irish economy.. Examples are; financial services, pharmaceuticals and alcohol.. But sure don’t let facts get in the way of a misconception.
Yeah!!! It should have had, say on the ‘L’ the Irish flag being raised. Which would kinda show the rising of our national flag without having to put any weapons in. (If that makes sense) :)
love tractors – 50 sec in the fastest tractor in ireland – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lmE17Dg23w
It should say thanks europe
Or your welcome European bondholders, easy come, easy go.
Dec would’be approved.
Brilliant. One of Ireland’s future graphic designers. Well done Mia.
The theme was “Ireland is…” and what it means to a child today. The resulting 75 finalists all had unique beautiful interpretations and well worth looking at : http://www.google.ie/doodle4google. Although I fear the beautiful gay marriage artworks may be a step too far for some of you, still looking backwards.
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