The awards for
Ireland's
Best
Kept
Town were presented in
Dublin
Castle on Monday June 22. Thirteen villages, small and large towns and large urban
areas were selected from an entry of 800, both North and South of the border.
Castlebar was in the
Large
Town category together with Hollywood Co Down, Ennis
Co Clare and
Westport.
Ennis was the winner in this category. The overall winners were Newcastle Co
Down.
Castlebar was represented at the function by Mayor Cllr Michael Kilcoyne,
Nora Coyne, Town Council and Noel and Eithne Byrne from the Tidy Town
Committee.
The competition is jointly organised by the Department of the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Northern Ireland Amenity
Council in association with the Department of the Environment (N.I.)
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