A LARGE crowd gathered last night at The Rose Hotel for Tralee Tidy Towns awards which honoured, businesses, estates and individuals for their efforts over the past year.
Taking place just a day after hearing the news that Tralee had won its seventh Tidy Towns Gold Medal in a row, Chairman of Tralee Tidy Towns, Joe Moynihan, welcomed all present and thanked everyone for their efforts throughout the year.
A short film was shown to the audience of various projects undertaken during the past year, including the murals in Milk Market Lane and paintings by secondary school students which currently hang in Denny Lane.
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Special presentations were made to Michael McCarthy for his work at Baile Mhuire, to Town Park gardeners Brendan and Lorna Enright to mark their retirement, to Tidy Towns stalwart Mary O’Brien on her upcoming turns 90th birthday and to Mary Lucey and Mary Kirby of Kerry College of Further Education for the work students did at Milk Market Lane.
Below are photos from the night and the list of winners and runners-up…
LARGE ESTATES
1. Manor Village — 98pts
2. St Brendan’s Park — 93
3. Shanakill — 89
4. Spa Road and Balloonagh Estate — 85
MEDIUM ESTATES
1. Ashgrove, Ballyvelly — 94
2. Knockmoyle — 92
3. O’Rahillys Villas — 91
4. Killeen Heights — 89
SMALL ESTATES
1. Quarryvale, Mounthawk — 95
2. Beenoskee — 93
3. Lohercannon — 89
4. Ballinorig Estate/Ballinorig Close — 87
HOTELS
• Benners Hotel
• The Rose Hotel
• The Ashe Hotel
PUBLIC HOUSES
• The Munster Bar
• Slieve Mish Bar
• Turners Bar
PUBLIC BUILDINGS/SPACES
• Tralee Municipal District Offices
• Church of Our Lady and St Brendan
• Rath Cemetery
BUSINESSES
• Castle Street Revitalisation Group
• Tralee Townhouse
• Every Occasion Florist
• Ella Maria
RESTAURANTS
• The Roast House
• Kirby’s Brogue Inn
• Bella Bia
FILLING STATIONS
• Joe O’Connor’s Rathass
• Nolan’s, North Circular Road
• O’Shea’s Blennerville
GARDENS AWARDS
• Michael Whyte, O’Rahillys Villas
• Sean Hutchinson, Rae Street
• Mary Foley, Knockmoyle
• Helen Leahy, Knockmoyle
• Irene Foley, Knockmoyle
• Mary Daly, Knockmoyle
• Marie O’Regan, Ashgrove
• Tracey Bolger, Ashgrove
• Mr and Mrs O’Shea, Ashgrove
• Bernadette O’Donnell, Ashgrove
• PJ Higgins, Lohercannon
• Marie Sheehan, Lohercannon
• Eileen McCord, Connolly Park
• Helen Lynch, Connolly Park
• Brenda O’Connell, Killeen Heights
• Ina and Teddy Lynch, Killeen Road
• Irene O’Donnell, Oakpark
• Sheila and Denis O’Sullivan, Laurel Court
• Bernadette McMahon, Ash Court
• Denis and Gina Culloty, Ash Court
• George Lynch, Manor Court
• Martin Walsh, Manor Park
• Freda Conroy, Manor Place
• Peter and Anne Coffey, Cloonbeg Terrace
• Eleanor Collins, Castlemaine Bridge
• John O’Sullivan, Killerisk Road
• Brendan Hussey, Rahoonane
• Delip Shett, Deerpark, Manor West