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Connacht Tribune, September 8, 1977

Oyster Title for Kilcolgan

The dismal weather of the weekend put a minor damper on the annual International Oyster Festival and affected some of the outdoor events but the general enthusiasm was as great as ever and the capacity attendance had a stronger international flavour than many previous festivals.

It was a festival to remember for young Willie Moran of The Weir, Kilcolgan, and there have been few more popular winners of the International Oyster Opening Championship since the competition was launched.

He has been "knocking on the door" for nearly a decade and made it a grand slam this time by winning the Irish Championship the previous night.

There was an impressive international entry for the championship vindicating the decision of some years ago to inaugurate it.

Oyster opening champions and "Shuckers" (the American term for the same skill) came from Switzerland, Brittany, America, Canada, Austria, Ireland and France. For the first time two womens competitors struck a blow for womens lib by competing in the Irish Championship.

The following were the results of the international championship:
			time
1	Irish	Willie Moran	2.53
2	Brittany	Rene Le Noc	3.14
3	USA	Cornelius Mackall	3.49
4	USA	Franklin C. Butler	3.57
5	Canada	Blair Smith	4.04
6	Austria	Herb McLeagh	4.11
7	France	Michele Chauvet	4.51
8	Swisse	Roland LaFarge	5.55

The Irish Championships
1	Willie Moran, The Weir, Kilcolgan		3.18
2	Liam Neylan, Stephens Restaurant, The Olde Malt		3.22
3	Tony Burtenshaw, Lord Edwards Restaurant, Dublin		3.58
4	Noreen Moran, The Weir, Kilcolgan		4.02
5	Eddi Barco, Meaney's, Kilkenny		4.03
6	Martin Daly, Oyster Tavern, Cork		4.06
7	Martin Neyland, Niland's, The Weir		4.16
8	John Connolly, Burkes, Clarenbridge		4.33
9	Seamus Lane, Silver Teal, Moycullen		4.42
10	Eamonn Preston, Wicklow Hotel, Dublin		5.10
11	Geread Bannan, Greally's, Clarenbridge		5.51
12	Maureen Keane, Skeffington Hotel, Galway		5.57

	Best Presented Plate of Oysters Eamonn Preston Best Lady Competitor Noreen Moran

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