In 2022 we included the (Windmill) Rock project in our entry for the National Tidy Towns competition for the first time. This is a multi-year project by ‘Friends of the Rock’, a sub-committee of Skibbereen Tidy Towns. A chronology of key milestones is presented as follows:
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Autumn/Winter newsletter – December 2022
The highlight of the Tidy Towns year is the announcement of the national competition results at an event in Dublin to which representatives of medal-winning towns are invited. In 2021 this event was livestreamed for the first time, a great bonus for anyone interested in the results without having to travel to Dublin. This yearContinue reading “Autumn/Winter newsletter – December 2022”
Autumn/Winter newsletter – December 2020
Since our midsummer newsletter the community biodiversity project has been a key focus with much work done, and more to do. Cork Nature Network hosted an online webinar during Heritage Week in August to replace the original in-person training session scheduled for the previous March. Attendance was good and participants were invited to contact usContinue reading “Autumn/Winter newsletter – December 2020”
Midsummer newsletter – July 2020
It has certainly been the strangest of times in the Tidy Towns calendar. During the spring of what would be Skibbereen’s 60th year of participation in the national competition, in the interests of public health and safety, the 2020 competition was cancelled. Delving into the archives of the Southern Star newspaper, we found these snippetsContinue reading “Midsummer newsletter – July 2020”
Skibbereen Tidy Towns 