Ardmore Tidy Towns Notes 15th March 2016

Ardmore Tidy Towns Notes.

Seven Oak Trees.

On Thursday last Cllr Tom Cronin presided at the planting of Seven Oak Trees in memory of The Seven signatories of The Easter Proclamation, at Ardmore Fire Station. A placque to explain the relevance of the tree will later be placed there as will a copy of The Proclamation.  The trees were presented to all towns in Ireland who had won The National Tidy Towns Award over the years. The ceremony was also attend by Ella Ryan and Derek Lyons representing Waterford City & County Council as well as representatives from FAS & TUS together with members of the public, pupils and teachers of Ardmore National School and Tidy Towns Committee personnel and helpers. The pupils of Ardmore National School opened proceedings with a rendition of The Foggy Dew and closed proceedings with Amhrán na bFiain.

1916 Commemoration.

We are near the final stages of our 1916 Residents projects and we are making a final appeal for old photographs of the main street for inclusion in it. It is our intention to publish an ebook and also a printed copy.

Poker Results

The revised Poker Classic continued at The Round Tower Hotel on Wednesday last. Redmond Foley took the honours followed  by Billy Harty & James Bryan. Game continues this Wednesday night beginning at 9.30pm.

Good Friday Cleanup.

Our annual roads and streets Spring Cleaning will commence again on Good Friday. As usual we’ll meet at Quinn’s Cross at 4pm on Good Friday. In recent years some local resients have cleared up their own streets/roads/areas and this is a major help, just please let us know in advance so that we don’t designate someone to duplicate your good work. Please wear high viz vests and a pair of gloves. This spring clean always spills over to the following day and indeed to a number of Saturdays afterwards because there is so much road and so many beaches to be cleaned. So if for some reason you can’t make Good Friday, then there will be plenty more opportunities later. This year as well we are making a special appeal to clubs and organisations to get tgether as a group or team to tidy a specific area or road.