Carrigaline Tidy Towns win Pride of County Cork Award

 

Carrigaline Tidy Towns win  Pride of County Cork Award

The Mayor of the County of Cork presents the overall winning Pride of County Cork Award 2024 to members of Carrigaline Tidy Towns at the Pride in our Community Awards. Also in the  photo are Finbar O Keeffe Cork County Council, Pauline O Dwyer and Yvonne Cahalane of organisers  Muintir na Tire Cork

 The Pride in Our Community 2024Competition Awards were held with great enthusiasm at the Kingsley Hotel last night, bringing together a diverse array of groups from Cork County and City. This grand event is organized by the Cork County Federation of Muintir na Tire in partnership with Cork County and City Councils.

Distinguished guests in attendance included Mayor of County Cork Cllr. Joe Carroll, Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Dan Boyle, President of Cork County Muintir na Tire Seamus Forde, and representatives of Muintir na Tire Community groups from various corners of the city and county.

Mayor of County Cork Cllr. Joe Carroll commended all the great projects on view, and he praised all the groups involved for their fantastic work and commitment to their localities. He said Cork County Council are committed to supporting this competition as they had been since it started seventeen years ago.

This year, the judging panel from Cork County Council and Muintir na Tire was highly impressed by the exceptionally high standard of entries. Ms. Yvonne Cahalane, Chair of the organizing committee, underscored that the competition serves the vital purpose of raising local awareness about the environment and promoting litter-free communities. She noted that this competition is open to all voluntary groups in County Cork and now, in Cork City as well.

President of Cork County Muintir na Tire, Mr Seamus Forde, eloquently emphasized the vital connection between our surroundings and our quality of life. He praised the beauty of Cork City and County, the outstanding projects that contribute to it, drawing visitors from near and far. Mr. Forde expressed gratitude to both Councils for their unwavering support in realizing these projects, and he praised the work of Cork County Federation Muintirn a Tire as an example to other counties to follow.

 

The Mayor of County Cork Cllr. Joe Carroll congratulated Carrigaline Tidy Towns as the "Pride of County Cork " winners and said this underscores the outstanding efforts and dedication of this community group in making their community and Cork County a better place for all. Their project this year was a beautiful sculpture which, represents the flour milling industry in Carrigaline, dating back to 1760. There were two mills in operation in Carrigaline, creatively named locally as the Upper and Lower Mills. The Mills were powered from the Kilmoney River. The Mills closed in 1922.  Cllr. Carroll said the entire community can be proud of their Tidy Towns Group achievements.

 

Pictured at the Pride in our Community Awards are  Overall Winners Pride of County Cork Award 2024 Betty O Riordan, Katheryn Barry Marie O Mahony and Maura Allen  of Carrigaline Tidy Towns 

For further information, please contact:

 

Cork County Federation Muintirn a Tire

admin@muintircork.com or 0872034876

 

 

 

 

Full Pride in Our Community 2024Results.

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Pride of County Cork
Winners Carrigaline Tidy Towns.

 

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Pride of Cork City Award

Winner Waterloo Renewal Group

 

	Community  Enhancement Awards
Category	Award	Group
Community  Enhancement Awards	Commended Commended Commended Commended Highly Commended   Commended Commended Commended     Highly Commended	Ballincurrig Tidy Village Group Croí na Laoi Tidy Towns Glanworth Community Council Saleen & District Residents Association Kanturk Tidy Towns Community Kilcully and Ballincrokig Residents Killowen Action Group Baile Roisin/Riverstown Tidy Towns     Knockrea Resident’s Association
	Biodiversity Awards
Biodiversity Awards           Biodiversity Awards	Highly Commended Highly Commended Highly Commended   Highly Commended Highly Commended   Highly Commended   Winners	Sallybrook Village Tidy Towns Group Ballinora Waterfall Community Association Boherbue and District community development association Dunmanway Community Council Mourneabbey Community Council Schull Tidy Towns Ballineen and Enniskeane Tidy Towns Association
Innovation & Creativity	Highly Commended Winner	Kanturk Art Link Ballymakeera TidyTowns
Tourism	Commended Highly Commended	Rathbarry Tidy Towns Oysterhaven & Nohoval Residents’Association
Healthy Community	Highly Commended Highly Commended Highly Commended Winner	Carrigtwohill Community Garden Kinsale Tidy Towns Rostellan Development Association Ballincollig Tidy Towns
Heritage Award	Highly Commended Highly Commended Highly Commended Highly Commended     Highly Commended   Winners	Conna Community Council Grenagh Tidy Village Ladysbridge Tidy Towns Committee Rosscarbery Tidy Towns Association Saleen Community Monument Committee Knockraha Area Community Association History & Heritage
Project in an Urban Area	Highly Commended	Mahon Tidy Towns
Climate Action Award	Highly Commended Highly Commended	Ballyphehane Community Assoc. Killeagh Community Centre
Online Project	Winner	Kilshannig Heritage Society
Large Town Awards
Large Town South Cork	Winner	Cobh Tidy Towns
Large Town North Cork	Joint Winners Joint Winners	Fermoy Tidy Towns Group Mitchelstown Community Council
Large Town West Cork	Joint Winners Joint Winners	Creative Bandon Friends of the Rock Skibbereen Tidy Towns
Social Inclusion and Youth Engagement
Social Inclusion	Commended   Highly Commended Highly Commended Highly Commended	Grà Agus Folláine Ladysbridge and Ballymacoda Ballyvourney TidyTowns Tidy Towns Cill na Martra Learning Digital Together
Youth Engagement	Highly Commended Highly Commended Highly Commended	Banteer Tidy Towns Cobh YMCA STEP Programme Blackpool Tidy Village Group
Small Village	Highly Commended   Highly Commended   Winners	Conna Tidy Towns Lisgoold Leamlara Tidy Towns   Rylane Community Park Association
Best Project Cork City	Winners	Ballyphehane Tidy Towns
Pride of Cork City	Winners	Waterloo Renewal Group
Pride of County Cork	Winner	Carrigaline Tidy Towns