The 73rd Ballyshannon Drama Festival drew appreciative audiences to a fantastic eight nights of amateur dramatics. See results below, and click on the arrows to see a gallery of Philip Mulligan’s photos from the awards night in the Abbey Arts Centre Results: Blue Riband - ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players  Open Section: First Place - ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players Second Place - ‘Heaven’, Balally Players Third Place - ‘I Never Sang For My Father’, Clontarf Players READ NEXT: Fantastic day for Laghey as minister cuts ribbon on play park Best Director - Emma Jane Nulty, ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players Best Actress - Sarah Coughlan, Mena Glavin, ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players Nominations - Jackie Murphy, Margaret, Clontarf Players; Clare Parker, Balally Players Best Actor - Dermot Byrne, Thomasheen Sean Rua , ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players Nomination - Declan O’Loughlin, Heaven, Balally Players  Confined Section:  First Place - ‘Playboy of the Western World’, Clones Second Place - ‘From Under the Bed’, Bualadh Bos Third Place - ‘Doubt: A Parable’, Enniskillen Best Director - Harry Cleary, ‘Playboy of the Western World’, Clones Nominations - Ena Trimble, ‘Doubt’, Enniskillen; Paulene Kennelly, ‘Under the Bed’, Bualadh Bos.  Best Actress - Zara Kavanagh, Pegeen Mike, ‘Playboy of the Western World’, Clones Nominations - Joanna Aryeh, ‘Doubt’; Christine Maher Irvine, ‘Doubt’, Enniskillen Best Actor - Brian O’Harte, Christy Mahon, ‘Playboy of the Western World’ Noms: Christian Carbin, Enniskillen, Kieran Begley  DLI Summer School Bursary - Dervla Kelly, Rose in “Dancing At Lughnasa”, Pomeroy Players Outstanding Achievement by a Young Person - Hannah Clabby, 'Sive', Dalkey Players Adjudicator’s Awards  ⁠  ⁠Extraordinary Accomplishment - Terence Rafferty, Musical Director, ‘The Dead', Newpoint Playersplaceholder image
The 73rd Ballyshannon Drama Festival drew appreciative audiences to a fantastic eight nights of amateur dramatics. See results below, and click on the arrows to see a gallery of Philip Mulligan’s photos from the awards night in the Abbey Arts Centre Results: Blue Riband - ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players  Open Section: First Place - ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players Second Place - ‘Heaven’, Balally Players Third Place - ‘I Never Sang For My Father’, Clontarf Players READ NEXT: Fantastic day for Laghey as minister cuts ribbon on play park Best Director - Emma Jane Nulty, ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players Best Actress - Sarah Coughlan, Mena Glavin, ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players Nominations - Jackie Murphy, Margaret, Clontarf Players; Clare Parker, Balally Players Best Actor - Dermot Byrne, Thomasheen Sean Rua , ‘Sive’, Dalkey Players Nomination - Declan O’Loughlin, Heaven, Balally Players  Confined Section:  First Place - ‘Playboy of the Western World’, Clones Second Place - ‘From Under the Bed’, Bualadh Bos Third Place - ‘Doubt: A Parable’, Enniskillen Best Director - Harry Cleary, ‘Playboy of the Western World’, Clones Nominations - Ena Trimble, ‘Doubt’, Enniskillen; Paulene Kennelly, ‘Under the Bed’, Bualadh Bos.  Best Actress - Zara Kavanagh, Pegeen Mike, ‘Playboy of the Western World’, Clones Nominations - Joanna Aryeh, ‘Doubt’; Christine Maher Irvine, ‘Doubt’, Enniskillen Best Actor - Brian O’Harte, Christy Mahon, ‘Playboy of the Western World’ Noms: Christian Carbin, Enniskillen, Kieran Begley  DLI Summer School Bursary - Dervla Kelly, Rose in “Dancing At Lughnasa”, Pomeroy Players Outstanding Achievement by a Young Person - Hannah Clabby, 'Sive', Dalkey Players Adjudicator’s Awards  ⁠  ⁠Extraordinary Accomplishment - Terence Rafferty, Musical Director, ‘The Dead', Newpoint Players

In Pictures: All the hugely deserving prizewinners from Ballyshannon Drama Festival

Siobhán McNamara
By Siobhán McNamara

DonegalLive multimedia journalist

Published 27th Mar 2026, 19:56 GMT

Players from all over the country brought their productions to the Abbey Arts Centre, with the programme including The Dead by James Joyce, Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, and Sive by John B Keane

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