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22 Sept 2025

In pictures: Meet the fifteen ladies selected for the Mary From Dungloe Festival!

Over the 10 days, the participating ladies will wear their various sashes representing New York, Dungloe, Donegal, Birmingham, London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Wild Atlantic Way, Connacht, Midlands, United Arab Emirates, Philadelphia, Gaeltacht, Ulster and Glasgow

New York: Tara Molloy 

Yonkers native Tara Molloy has strong Donegal connections as her father James is from Ardara. Her mother, Maureen, hails from Ballinamuck, County Longford. 

Her cousin, Fiona Molloy, was a contestant in 2013, encouraged by their late grand-uncle Jimmy McGonegal. Tara feels honoured to be walking in Fiona’s footsteps and knows Jimmy would be proud to see her representing the Molloy name in Dungloe.

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