Cobh Tidy Towns

Cobh Tidy Towns Ireland’s Tidiest Large Town 2021
Pollinator Award Winner 2022
11 Tidy Towns Gold Medals 🌟 Voluntary Group

Our volunteers Mairead, Tara and Brenda spent a lovely few hours in the Promenade meeting lots of children who were just...
02/08/2026

Our volunteers Mairead, Tara and Brenda spent a lovely few hours in the Promenade meeting lots of children who were just delighted to be able to trace on the plaque for the Holm Oak at the centre of the Wildlife seat. Children(local and visiting) were delighted to take part and queue up to create their own little piece of art at our little pocket of joy in the Promenade. They also used the opportunity to tell children and adults about An Gearrán our Cobh Tidy Towns native Irish community tree planting project located in College Manor,where there are more tree rubbing plaques.

02/08/2026

And then the rain fell and the parched ground welcomed it! The Sunday market continues and the music goes on for the day on the bandstand. Just had a lovely tribute to Glen Hansard from the multi talented Brian O’Glanby. ❤️🎶🎸
Thanks Cobh Tourism for all the markets and music this summer in Cobh. Thanks to Cork County Council for organising extra emptying of street bins for the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Every day is a busy day in Cork Harbour with activity on the water. We welcome August with a great shot on our calendar ...
01/08/2026

Every day is a busy day in Cork Harbour with activity on the water. We welcome August with a great shot on our calendar from Bob Bateman of one such day with the Regal Princess berthed.
Port of Cork

24 volunteers out to give time to Cobh today painting bollards and gates, replacing weathered flags, sweeping steps, pic...
01/08/2026

24 volunteers out to give time to Cobh today painting bollards and gates, replacing weathered flags, sweeping steps, picking litter, hoovering butts, street sweeping and tree trimming!
The bus stop at the new traffic lights opposite spar had 73 cigarette butts discarded there! And the lane at the top of the Newtown road hill had 24 dog poo bag discarded there! There is a bin just down the hill for dog poo bags or you could always take it home !
Thanks to Maurice McDonnell for doing his bit keeping outside his business clean and great to see Buster join us for some painting this morning.
Icing on the cake was seeing our Jim after all his years of volunteering taking a seat on the wildlife bench 💞
We headed to Catherine Moynihans for a cuppa and delicious cakes in aid of Autism charities and it is on there in Rushbrooke until 4pm today.

A beautiful day again with the town buzzing and our two determined painters Grace & Ann were out catching up with peelin...
31/07/2026

A beautiful day again with the town buzzing and our two determined painters Grace & Ann were out catching up with peeling poles and flaking utility boxes making them look new again. Couldn’t resist a few lovely pics of our new additions to the art trail in Cobh ! Thank you for all your lovely comments of admiration and appreciation for the new wildlife hexagon bench. It’s been overwhelming 🫶🏻

29/07/2026

Today, we had the absolute pleasure of seeing an incredible piece of art installed in the Promenade.
To commemorate 50 years of Cobh Tidy Towns, we commissioned a very unique hexagonal bench incorporating wildlife from our locality, sculpted by the hugely talented Tommy Kerrigan.
Tommy of Tommy K Chainsaw Carvings creates his works of art using chainsaws!
This bench is dedicated to the volunteers who joined together in 1976 and set up a Tidy Towns Committee in Cobh and to volunteers who got involved over the years and have contributed to how great a town Cobh is
today and to the people of Cobh who have supported our efforts to make our town a beautiful place and who appreciate the biodiversity that lives alongside us.
The project was planned by our committee, funded by our own resources and supported by Pobal, Cork County Council, donations and calendar sales to the people of Cobh and those who love Cobh.
It is an absolutely stunning work, carved meticulously with descriptions on slate by Thin Line Kinvara. Continuing our theme of Irish trees from An Garrán you can also do tracings in the Promenade of the oak tree that is providing shelter for the wildlife bench. You will be blown away! Enjoy.

“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit” Greek Proverb
Tommy k Chainsaw Carvings Cork County Council Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht TidyTowns Ireland Garvey's Supervalu Cobh Inspire Credit Union Cobh Cobh & Harbour Chamber Cobh Parish Irish Examiner EchoLive.ie Yay Cork

Fishing for litter in the sea tonight! Mary had the big net out 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Great work done for our hour cleaning bins, pic...
28/07/2026

Fishing for litter in the sea tonight! Mary had the big net out 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Great work done for our hour cleaning bins, picking butts from the pavements, sweeping kerbs and watering flowers. Thanks to Ann and Grace for the trojan work done during the day also painting poles and utility boxes.
In case you missed the bike racks at the bottom of the station steps they’ve just been relocated across the road by the Watersedge Hotel.

The Great Island Biodiversity Group Whats App has never been busier with people on the island sharing photos and informa...
28/07/2026

The Great Island Biodiversity Group Whats App has never been busier with people on the island sharing photos and information on the wealth of wildlife around us- thanks everyone for imparting your pictures and knowledge. It encourages us to look closer when we are out!

“We are close to peak bumblebee numbers now so you will see more dead/dying bees as first generation nests decline. - that is normal, their work is done.
The next generation of queens and drones are very obvious at the moment as they feed up on nectar.
Notice what they are doing on the flowers;
You will still see some bees collecting pollen - these are (mostly)1st generation workers that havent completed their cycle yet.
Newly emerged queens are also feeding up on nectar and they are the big bees you will see at the moment. If you do see a larger bee collecting pollen over the next few weeks she has successfully mated and is provisioning a nest (pollen is for young bees). she will produce the queens that will survive, with a little luck, into '27.”

“Lots of the humming type moths around too!”

“They are Silver Y moths .They come from the continent. This summer has been exceptional for moths, butterflies and dragonflies arriving from the continent during this period of high pressure which is perfect for them to migrate further north than usual. Unlike Hummingbird Hawkmoths Silver Ys land on flowers to feed in nectar. I have never seen so many.”

As always we encourage people to log sightings on Biodiversity Ireland site .

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