Tidy Towns (Irish: Bailte Slachtmhara) is an annual competition, first held in 1958, organised by the Department of Rural and Community Development in...
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Ballyjamesduff (category Towns and villages in County Cavan)
Ballyjamesduff (Irish: Baile Shéamais Dhuibh) is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. A former market town, it was the winner of the 1966 and 1967 Irish Tidy Towns Competition...
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Glenties (category Gaeltacht towns and villages)
of population in the parish of Iniskeel. Glenties has won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition five times in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1995. As of the 2022...
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Ennis (redirect from Ennis, Ireland)
considerable success in the Irish Tidy Towns competition. In 2005 and 2021, the town was named Ireland's tidiest town, and was named Ireland's tidiest large urban...
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Tyrrellspass (category Towns and villages in County Westmeath)
county on the R446 (formerly the N6) road. Tyrrellspass won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1969. As of the census in April 2016, the population of Tyrrellspass...
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Malin, County Donegal (redirect from Malin (Ireland))
of the island of Ireland. It was a planned settlement plotted around a triangular green. Malin won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1970 and 1991....
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Mountshannon (category Towns and villages in County Clare)
shore of Lough Derg, north of Killaloe. Mountshannon won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1981. The village was designed and built from scratch by Alexander...
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Glaslough (category Towns and villages in County Monaghan)
the border with Northern Ireland and 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Monaghan town. Glaslough won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1978 and again in 2019...
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Dunmanway (category Towns and villages in County Cork)
the east end of the town. The town is twinned with Quéven, France. Dunmanway won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1982. The town came to national and...
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Ballyconnell (category Towns and villages in County Cavan)
Ballyconnell won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1971 and was also the winner in 1975. According to the 2022 census, the population of the town was 1,422. The...
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Trim, County Meath (category Towns and villages in County Meath)
Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1972, 1984, 2014 and 2022, and was the joint winner with Ballyconnell in 1974. Trim was historically the county town of...
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Newtowncashel (category Towns and villages in County Longford)
Lough Ree in County Longford, Ireland. Newtowncashel won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1980. Situated on the north-eastern shore of Lough Ree on...
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Terryglass (category Towns and villages in County Tipperary)
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe,. Terryglass won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1983 and 1997. In the early Middle Ages, the place was known...
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Westport, County Mayo (redirect from Westport, Ireland)
west coast of Ireland. Westport is a tourist destination and scores highly for quality of life. It won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition three times in...
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Carlingford, County Louth (redirect from Carlingford, Ireland)
11 km (7 mi) south of the border with Northern Ireland. Carlingford won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1988. Carlingford still retains its medieval...
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Kiltegan (category Towns and villages in County Wicklow)
mother house at High Park 2 km from the village. Kiltegan won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1973. The village is also home to Kiltegan GAA club, which...
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Keadue (category Towns and villages in County Roscommon)
town. Previously in ruins, it was restored and converted into a hotel in 2008. Keadue is a twice overall winner of the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in...
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Rathvilly (category Towns and villages in County Carlow)
also on the N81 national secondary route. Rathvilly won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1961, 1963, and 1968. In the centre of the village, there...
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Kilkenny (redirect from Kilkenny, Ireland)
losing its wonderful character and humour". Kilkenny won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1985. Kilkenny is twinned with Moret-sur-Loing in France,...
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Aughrim, County Wicklow (category Towns and villages in County Wicklow)
has won the Irish Tidy Towns Award for the tidiest village in County Wicklow from 1996 to 2007 and won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 2007. Since...
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Malahide (category Articles containing Irish-language text)
number of years.[citation needed] In 1990, Malahide won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition. Malahide Historical Society collects materials of local and...
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Kenmare (category Towns and villages in County Kerry)
Church of Ireland church of St Patrick celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008. The town has been a winner in the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 2013...
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Kinsale (redirect from Kinsale, Ireland)
the Irish Tidy Towns Competition and was the overall winner in 1986. Kinsale is the first 'Transition Town' in Ireland, and the Transition Town community...
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Castletown, County Laois (category Towns and villages in County Laois)
national winner.[citation needed] The village won the overall Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 2002. There are three national schools in the parish - Castletown...
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Ardmore, County Waterford (redirect from Ardmore, Ireland)
a primary school. The village was the overall winner of the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1992. Ardmore is a seaside resort with a mile-long beach,...
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Clonakilty (redirect from Clonakilty, Ireland)
The town won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1999 and was also named 'Ireland's Tidiest Small Town' in 2017. In 2003, Clonakilty became Ireland's first-ever...
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Galbally, County Limerick (category Towns and villages in County Limerick)
selected as the 'prettiest town in Ireland' in the annual Irish Tidy Towns Competition, and has won the Limerick competition nine times. A folk ballad...
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Killarney (redirect from Killarney, Ireland)
kil-AR-nee; Irish: Cill Airne [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲə], meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern...
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Legan, County Longford (category Towns and villages in County Longford)
station. Legan received a total of 271 marks in category A of the Tidy Towns Competition 2016, placing it fourth of 13 villages in that category in County...
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Raheny (category Towns and villages in Dublin (city))
commendation in the overall Tidy Towns competition. In 2014 Raheny again won the Best Urban Village award in the Tidy Towns competition. Raheny won the bronze...
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