{"id":575994,"date":"2026-07-30T19:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/575994\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:48:18","slug":"in-pictures-lisa-walsh-scoops-e10000-prize-on-ladies-day-at-the-galway-races-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/575994\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: Lisa Walsh scoops \u20ac10,000 prize on Ladies Day at the Galway Races \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Lisa Walsh (37) from Dunboyne, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/meath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/meath\/\">Co<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/meath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/meath\/\"> Meath<\/a> was the winner of the Ella &amp; Jo Best Dressed Lady competition on Ladies Day at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/galway-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/galway-races\/\">Galway Races<\/a> Summer Festival. Walsh, an accountant by profession, takes home \u20ac10,000 in prizemoney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Best Hat award was won by Maksuda Akhter, who wore a design by Irish milliner Fiona Rafter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The judging panel was made up of Mandy Maher, Laura Fox and Ella &amp; Jo co-founder Charlene Flanagan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Lisa Walsh shows off her competition-winning outfit at Ballybrit, Co Galway. Photograph: Andrew Downes, xposure&#10; &#10;  \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NPCQ7WTI55BFTJUFVH5JALZRBI.JPG\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1464\"\/>Lisa Walsh shows off her competition-winning outfit at Ballybrit, Co Galway. Photograph: Andrew Downes, xposure<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Olena Vriivna, from Dublin, at the Galway Races on Thursday. Photograph: James Crombie\/Inpho\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARSDSIF2IGR2B24V64VILCFT3Q.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"579\"\/>Olena Vriivna, from Dublin, at the Galway Races on Thursday. Photograph: James Crombie\/Inpho <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Stylish hats and fascinators were out in force on Ladies Day at Ballybrit, Co Galway. Photograph: Morgan Treacy\/INPHO\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/YU5Y3OREEJFHW5TACCUQT733UU.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Stylish hats and fascinators were out in force on Ladies Day at Ballybrit, Co Galway. Photograph: Morgan Treacy\/INPHO <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Pam Richardson from Galway with matching red dress and headwear. Photograph: James Crombie\/Inpho\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RAC7VRV6W7ZZXQIFQZQ7BUGYOQ.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"499\"\/>Pam Richardson from Galway with matching red dress and headwear. Photograph: James Crombie\/Inpho <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Five -year-old Molly-Mae Moran Ward enjoying Ladies Day at the Galway Races Summer Festival on Thursday. Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PA\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JQFRHZB4Z2DH7XLLDZMCQMVCVU.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Five -year-old Molly-Mae Moran Ward enjoying Ladies Day at the Galway Races Summer Festival on Thursday. Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PA <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Hats on show on day four of the 2026 Galway Races Summer Festival. Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PA\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KQBNE557DYYCIQHPVEBWFEHS4M.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Hats on show on day four of the 2026 Galway Races Summer Festival. Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PA <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Leah Hoey and Jamie O'Grady pause for a selfie during Ladies Day at the Galway Races. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4PX2KJPZXOBNPCRM23UWWM7CCA.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"537\"\/>Leah Hoey and Jamie O&#8217;Grady pause for a selfie during Ladies Day at the Galway Races. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Racegoers on Ladies Day on day four of the Galway Races Summer Festival. Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PA\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/QNDI2FUGH7W6KQFDOHVQYX3HXE.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Racegoers on Ladies Day on day four of the Galway Races Summer Festival. Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PA <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Niamh O'Grady and former Mayo footballer P&#xE1;draig O&#x2019;Hora at the Galway Races on Thursday. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MLJOEMCKGSDAW6X3UB7RXETZYQ.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1032\"\/>Niamh O&#8217;Grady and former Mayo footballer P\u00e1draig O\u2019Hora at the Galway Races on Thursday. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jennifer Wrynne from Leitrim enjoying the weather and racing at Ballybrit race track, Co Galway. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MIE2UTNC2LPRZRPQAB47EJHGUE.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1060\"\/>Jennifer Wrynne from Leitrim enjoying the weather and racing at Ballybrit race track, Co Galway. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Talita Sweeney from Ballincollig, Co Cork. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/XY5SVYYLA2ZQHB2TEL25PLRHFM.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"550\"\/>Talita Sweeney from Ballincollig, Co Cork. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Emma Morgan and Tara Quinn from Armagh at the Galway Races. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TLEUABD6DAFHFSBGHISQN6VIQA.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1235\"\/>Emma Morgan and Tara Quinn from Armagh at the Galway Races. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Talita and Mark Sweeney from Ballincollig, Co Cork. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/J3BFHHOGTNZ3YO7U6DLEJFIH4E.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1332\"\/>Talita and Mark Sweeney from Ballincollig, Co Cork. Photograph: James Crombie\/INPHO <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lisa Walsh (37) from Dunboyne, Co Meath was the winner of the Ella &amp; Jo Best Dressed Lady&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110537,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-575994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-galway-races","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}