Drama Awards 2026
Best Play (Open)
Drama Festival Trophy
1st - Corofin Dramatic Society
WIT by Margaret Edson
2nd - Dalkey Players
Sive by John B. Keane
3rd - Bunclody/Kilmyshall Drama Group
Da by Hugh Leonard
WIT by Margaret Edson
2nd - Dalkey Players
Sive by John B. Keane
3rd - Bunclody/Kilmyshall Drama Group
Da by Hugh Leonard
Best Play (Confined)
O'Briens Bar Trophy
1st - Upstage Players
The Year of the Hiker by John B. Keane
2nd - Sliabh Aughty
The Outgoing Tide by Bruce Graham
3rd - Clann Machua Drama
Greta Garbo Came to Donegal by Frank McGuinness
The Year of the Hiker by John B. Keane
2nd - Sliabh Aughty
The Outgoing Tide by Bruce Graham
3rd - Clann Machua Drama
Greta Garbo Came to Donegal by Frank McGuinness
Best Producer (Open)
Fr.P.V O'Brien Memorial Trophy
John Clancy “Wit” Corofin Dramatic Society
Best Producer (Confined)
Sponsored By The Gift Centre
Andrea Silke Upstage Players
Best Female Actor (Open)
Eileen Dyer Memorial Trophy
Maura Clancy Vivian Bearing in “Wit” Corofin
Best Male Actor (Open)
Tony Kitching Memorial Trophy
Billy Canning Da in “Da” Bunclody
Best Female Actor (Confined)
Una Monahan Upstage Players
Best Male Actor (Confined)
M.J.Reidy Trophy
Jourdain Cunningham Upstage Players
Best Supp. Female Actor (Open)
Josephine Byrne “Mother” “Da” Bunclody
Best Supp. Male Actor (Open)
Martin Dyer Memorial Trophy
George Hogan Pats Bocock “Sive”
Best Supp. Female Actor (Confined)
Aisling Costello Upstage Players
Best Supp. Male Actor (Confined)
Alan Henaghan Upstage Players
Audience Trophy
“The Year of the Hiker” Upstage Players
Best Presentation Overall
Sean Quinn Memorial Trophy
Corofin D.S “Wit”
Adjudicator's Awards
1- Caroline Mangan “Aunt Lizzy” Dooega
2- Geraldine Condon “Final Wave” Sliabh Aughty
3- Mary Rigney Costumes “Sive” Dalkey
4- Ensemble Comedy “Da” Bunclody
5- Rona Lyons Make-up Corofin
Best Set (Open)
Eamon P.Hughes Memorial Trophy
John,Maura Clancy Charles Knowles Corofin
Best Lighting (Open)
McCallig Bros Trophy
John Clancy Corofin Dramatic Society
Best Sound (Open)
Emma Jane Nulty Dalkey Players
Best Set (Confined)
Matt McLoughlin & Dermot Hunt Cup
Dooega Drama Group
Best Lighting (Confined)
Liam Cosgrove Memorial Trophy
Upstage Players Billy Freeley
Best Sound (Confined)
Sliabh Aughty Nikita Coulter