Good as gold

A hush descended on Croke Park convention centre when the giant screen flashed up the

medal winners in the 2024 National Tidy Town Competition. Over 600 attendees representing

some 904 Tidy Town entrants from all over the country checked frantically to see how they had

fared. Included in their midst of course were the small band of intrepid volunteers from

Dromiskin Tidy Towns who were hoping to maintain their silver medal award obtained for the

first time in 2023. Joy was unconfined when we realised that history had been made and our

small village was now the proud holder of a prestigious gold medal - one of 75 awarded

nationally and one of four in County Louth along with Dundalk, Drogheda and Blackrock. In

addition Dromiskin was second in the county supplanting, for the first time ever, the mighty

Tallanstown, a standard bearer in Louth for many years.

Congratulations to our neighbours Blackrock who as well as scooping best-in-county were the

winners of Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town repeating their success in 2019 and finishing just one

mark behind overall winner Ballincollig, Co.Cork.

The event took place on Friday 1st November. MC was Marty Morrissey and the prizes were

presented by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphries, along with

managing director of sponsor, Super Valu, Luke Hanlon. Also featured was presenter of RTE’s

Nationwide, Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh.

Overall Winner: Ballincollig Co. Cork

Tidiest Small Village: Ballinahown, Co. Westmeath

Tidiest Small Town: Blackrock, Co.Louth

Tidiest Large Town: Westport, Co. Mayo

Tidiest Large Urban Centre: Ballincollig, Co. Cork

Click the file below to read Dromiskin’ adjudicator’s report

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Best kept garden awards 2024

A large crowd was in attendance in St Peter’s National School for Dromiskin Tidy Town’s annual Best Kept Garden awards. The committee thanked sponsors Ardee Credit Union and

commended the standard of presentation at the various properties which gets better year on

year. Prizes were presented by Credit Union representatives Laureen O Connor and Mags O

Keeffe as well as Tidy Towns Committee members. Refreshments were served afterwards.

Click the file below to find the adjudicators’ report.

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Visit from Monaghan TIdy Town Groups and Resident Associations

Dromiskin Tidy Towns was delighted to welcome visitors from neighbouring county Monaghan on the morning of Saturday 12 October 2024. Various Tidy Towns groups from Castleblaney, Ardaghey, Ballybay, Kileeva, Newbliss and  Monaghan Town were represented as well as representatives from Residents Associations from Blackhill, Lakeview, Beechgrove, Kilkygoan and Mullaghmatt.

After light refreshments in the school hall, our guests were provided with information on some of the projects carried out in Dromiskin over the past number of years. Subsequently they were taken on a guided tour that included visits to GInnety’s Pond Nature Park, the Heritage Park, AOH hall and the village cemetery. Despite some inclement weather this was a wonderful opportunity to showcase Dromiskin and to to have an insight into various Tidy Town activities being carried out in different towns and villages throughout Monaghan.

Our visitors were also calling to Blackrock and finished their odyssey in County Louth with a well deserved pitstop in Strandfield.