.Leonie Flaherty (The Ashe Hotel) and Helen Griffin (Garveys Supervalu Tralee) at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
A LARGE crowd gathered in The Rose Hotel on Monday night for the presentation of prizes in the Tidy Tralee Together competition.
Prizes were given out in the estates, gardens, pubs, businesses, public buildings, filling stations, restaurants and hotels categories while Paul O’Brien and Hugh O’Brien were given special awards for their contribution to Tralee’s Tidy Towns effort.
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Chairman of Tidy Tralee Together, Joe Moynihan, paid tribute to the volunteers who give so much of their time to ensure Tralee maintained its gold medal status for six years in a row. He also called for more people to get involved in the effort.
Mayor of Tralee, Norma Foley, echoed these sentiments and expressed a sincere thank you on behalf of the people of Tralee to the volunteers.
“As a town, we owe so much to the few, who do so much for the many. There are few people doing the work that would be so much easier if there were many more doing it,” she said. The full list of winners in all categories is below all the photos…
John McAdams and Mike Quinn, General Manager of Shaws with their award at The Rose Hotel..Community Gardaí Aidan O’Mahony and Mary Gardiner with people from the estates collecting awards at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Front, from left; Brenda O’Connell (Killeen Heights), Jennifer Mackey and Joan Lynch (Manor Village). Back from left; Samantha Quirke (Kerins Park), Richard Halloran (St Brendans Park), Kitty Bolger (Knockmoyle), Marian Clifford (Connolly Park), Kathleen Collins (Ashleigh Downs), Ann Hobbert (O’Rahillys Villas) and Francis Foley (Quarryvale). Photo by Dermot CreanPaul O’Brien receiving a special Tidy Tralee Together award presented by Aidan O’Mahony at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Brendan O’Brien of Tralee Tidy Towns with Mary O’Shea of O’Shea’s Gala Blennerville at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot CreanGarda Aidan O’Mahony with Business Award winners at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Front from left; Kieran and Mary O’Shea (O’Shea’s Gala Blennerville) and John O’Sullivan (The Munster Bar). Back from left; Nick Wang (The Station House), Alan Nolan (Nolan’s Garage), Helen Griffin (Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee) and Leonie Flaherty (The Ashe Hotel). Photo by Dermot Crean.One of the Best Gardens Winners Eileen McCord (centre) with Cllr Terry O’Brien, Helen Griffin of Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee, Mayor of Tralee Norma Foley and Joe Moynihan at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot CreanThe Best Gardens winners (listed below at end of story) with Garda Cathy Murphy, Mayor of Tralee Norma Foley and Helen Griffin of Garveys Supervalu Tralee at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Hugh O’Brien receiving a special Tidy Tralee Together award presented by Aidan O’Mahony at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot CreanJean Foley of Kerry County Council, Delip Shet, Joe Moynihan, Mayor of Tralee Norma Foley and Anaxmee Shet at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Anne Connolly with Garda Mary Gardiner, Garda Aidan O’Mahony and Garda Cathy Murphy at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot CreanGarda Aidan O’Mahony with Brenda Mulvihill and Gentian Panxhi of Christina’s Cafe in The Square at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.The Blennerville winners Nick Wang (The Station House), PJ Higgins (Best Garden), Kieran and Mary O’Shea (O’Shea’s Gala) and Donal Coppinger (Blennerville Windmill) at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot CreanJoe Moynihan, Una Buckley, Mayor of Tralee Norma Foley, Mary O’Brien, Anne Connolly and Brenda O’Connell at the Tidy Tralee Together Awards at The Rose Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.88 year old Nora O’Carroll from Marian Park with her Best Garden award. Nora couldn’t make the awards, but Anne Connolly accepted it on her behalf.
Large Estates
1. Manor Village (100 marks)
2. Connolly Park (93)
3. St Brendan’s Park (92)
4. O’Rahillys Villas/Strand Street/Rae Street (84)
