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The “Doodle 4 Google” competition to choose the Google logo for St. Patrick’s Day has come to an end. The winner is Evan O’Sullivan Glynn from St. Munchin’s College, with his doodle entitled “My Irish Roots”:

On St.Patrick’s day Irish people around the world celebrate their connection to Ireland “The Emerald Isle”. “My Irish Roots” represents this connection with how shamrocks trace back to their roots in the same way that Irish people throughout the world trace back to Ireland, their Ireland, my Ireland.

The winning logo will be displayed on the Google homepage in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day (17th of March).

The other 3 national finalists were Louise Gilmore from S.N Muire na nGael, Marcela Ponikova from St. Clare’s NS and Orla Gartland from Dominican College.

Since its early days, Google’s homepage has seen a lot of different logos. They are used in select days, to “celebrate different people, events or special dates”. And so, this year’s St. Patrick’s day will be celebrated with the logo that wins the ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition.

The ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition asks young people across Ireland to design their own doodle, and the winning doodle will be displayed on the Google homepage in the UK, US, Canada and, of course, Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day 2009.

More than 100 finalists were chosen by a panel of judges and now it’s time for the Irish public to vote on their favorites. In the end, the so-called ‘original Doodler‘ – Dennis Hwang – will select the winner.

These were my choices:

Voting ends at midnight on Monday, 16th February 2009.

And while you’re at it, check out this collection of Google logos used in the past.