Bantry Tidy Towns

24/09/2025

Bantry Tidy Towns volunteers were kept busy on Tuesday evening doing various jobs around town.
Some weeding was done at the lavender and rose bed in the Square and in front of the old Post Office. A litter pick was also carried out.

22/09/2025

Tomorrow at the fountain on the square 🌟

20/09/2025

👏 A big shout-out to the 4B Transition Year students from Pobail Bheanntraí who joined the Clean Coasts last Wednesday!

Around the Béicín area, they collected 10kg of rubbish (and even an umbrella ☔). Incredible effort from everyone involved! 🌊💙

We're so grateful for all your hard work in keeping our town and coastline clean.

18/09/2025

A big thank you to the staff in Rowex Sandoz for taking part in the Clean Coasts yesterday.

Thanks to their efforts at Cove and Snave beaches and Snave pier, 14 bags of rubbish (plus a barrel!) are now off our shores. 🌍👏

13/09/2025

The National Tidy Towns competition is in full swing, and we’re keeping our webpages fresh with the latest updates. Stay tuned over the coming weeks! 🌿

This week we're spotlighting our fantastic networks - the publicity from national tidy/cleaning campaigns is invaluable to support our work and enable awareness-raising.

👉 Find out more here: https://bantrytidytowns.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/tidiness-networks/

The publicity from national tidy/cleaning campaigns is invaluable to support our work and enable awareness-raising.

10/09/2025

Bantry Tidy Towns would like to thank the West Cork Jesters for helping out with the weeding on Tuesday evening at the Spirit of Love garden, it was very much appreciated 👏🏼
Despite some rain at the beginning, a lot of work got done.

The hedge between the garden and the Abbey cemetery was also cut.

08/09/2025

Tomorrow at the spirit of love garden !! Weather permitting ⛅️

03/09/2025

Long before the current renovations took place in Garryvurcha cemetery, one of the people from Bantry Tidy Towns who looked after the graveyard was the late John Regan who passed away earlier this year.

John put down the previous pathway and did a lot of strimming and general maintenance around the cemetery.
He also helped Bantry Tidy Towns with numerous other jobs around the town and was a most obliging man.

It was decided that a fitting memorial to John would be to plant a tree in the place where he carried out some great work.
So accordingly, on this Tuesday, some of John’s children and grandchildren took it in turns to help plant a tree in the grounds of Garryvurcha.

A big thank-you to Danny Collins for his sponsorship of the refreshments afterwards in the Boston Bar 👏🏼

These are the captions for the photos:

Picture 1: Janice Regan helping to plant a tree in memory of her late father John in Garryvurcha cemetery with the assistance of Michael Butler from Bantry Tidy Towns

Picture 2:The late John Regan’s family, friends and Bantry Tidy Towns volunteers in Garryvurcha cemetery after the tree planting ceremony

30/08/2025

Coming up - a Water Blitz on September 26–28, 2025 from DCU Permotox and Stardust. They're looking for Citizen Scientists to help out. Scan the code to find out more.

"During this weekend, volunteer Citizen Scientists will collect water samples from local rivers, lakes, or streams. Every sample collected will provide valuable data to protect water quality and aquatic ecosystems across Ireland."

26/08/2025

This evening at the spirit of love garden ! Weather Dependent ⛅️

20/08/2025

Bantry Tidy Towns volunteers went back to the Peace Park on Tuesday evening to continue their work of weeding and brushing in and around the Maze near the Playground.🌱🐝

18/08/2025

This week we will meet at the peace park to continue on our work from last week. Last Tuesday Bantry Tidy Towns Volunteers did some weeding in the maze near the playground! ☀️
Hope to see you there 🌿