Ardmore Tidy Towns

27/10/2026

Ardmore Tidy Towns notes 27 Oct (4)

GREEN CHRISTMAS.
So we’re asking everyone to start considering Christmas and see what each household and business can do to make this happen. Packaging, plastic and lights come to mind immediately as do local food produce, shop local and using public transport and car pooling. Gifts play a major part and using vouchers for local businesses as presents would be a real help to greening Christmas.
Or what about Gifting Experiences, and maybe the easiest and perhaps the most appreciated gift of all – our time. Take time out to visit someone you should be seeing more often, especially an older person or someone living alone

FAS Jobs advertised.
We are delighted to be advertising 2 community employment positions with Ardmore Tidy Towns through Youghal Community Services. Duties will include planting, weeding & general tidying, landscaping & maintenance of green areas as well as assisting with painting and other Tidy Towns prejects. Qualified applicatants should apply to Youghal Community Services, Enterprise Centre, Emmett Place, Youghal or by email to [email protected] or contact Linda at 087-4426649 before November 20th .

27/10/2026

Ardmore Tidy Towns notes 27 Oct (3)

Christmas Swim Pics
The Ardmore Christmas Swim is asking anyone who has photos or videos of the Christmas Swim going back the years that they might share with their facebookpage. . This year is going to be the 30 year, and Siobhán is trying to put a collage together. There’s a post on the Swim page. And there may well be interesting photos of Christmas swims back in the 70s and early 80s which would add to the collection.

Split The Pot.
Our winners last week were Daniel & Christine Collins, who won €137 and that is €137 for Ardmore School as well.
Thanks also to all who put their €2 into the envelopes and all those who distributed and collected envelopes and especially the couple of parents who keep this draw going, week in, week out

27/10/2026

Ardmore Tidy Towns notes 27 Oct (2)

ONLY Written submissions about The Ardmore Town Centre Plans will be considered – they must be in before October 30th & they can be done by post to:
Michael Quinn, Director of Economic Development, No.35 The Mall, Waterford City, X91 DN23. Or online to: consult.waterfordcouncil.ie.
I have many people say that most of these changes are totally unnecessary as the extra parking in Keevers Field over the last couple of summers has made a huge difference to street traffic and there’s no doubt the new road & parking at the beach without doing anything else.
Do you consider it a safety issue to be directing all this traffic, including HGVs and buses through the busy beach area and driving by the childrens‘ playground at peak times during the summer?
Do you want to see The Roundabout removed?
Do you think that raising the levels at Lower Main Street will cause flooding on the street?
And if these raised crossings are in place are you satisfied that the floods similar to what we’ve seen a couple of mornings this very week will be able to flow freely to the sea without flooding the properties on the street?
Do we need speed restrictions on both approach roads to Ardmore at Ardmore NS and at Ardmore GAA Club?
These are just a few of the queries I have that may prompt you to make a submission on or some other query you have

27/10/2026

Ardmore Tidy Towns notes 27 October (1)

Ardmore Waterford Winner Tidy Towns.
There is great jubilation in Ardmore as The Village retained it’s position as Waterford’s winner at The National Tidy Towns Award. We just about got there with just the minimum between us and runner’s up Stradbally who themselves had just a single point to spare over the ever improving Ballyacarberry in 3rd place.
Ardmore also proudly retained its Gold Medal. In the weeks to come I will share with you some of the adjudicators comments.

23/10/2026

It's results day today! Safe travels to our committee members making the trip to Croke Park today for the awards ceremony and fingers crossed for good results again this year. 💙🤍☘️

The awards are being livestreamed so anyone wishing to watch it live, follow the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CpsuPSLV7/

Save the date!! 🌻

Tune in to our page this Friday 23rd October at 12 noon for a LIVE stream of the 2026 SuperValu TidyTowns Awards Ceremony, where we will celebrate the pride and passion of TidyTowns Committees across Ireland and to announce the National winner of SuperValu TidyTowns for 2026 🙌

Tune in here: https://fb.me/e/8UX9zKygE

TidyTowns Ireland Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht

20/10/2026

View the plans and have your say before October 30th.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1C7hhunx44/

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of Part XI of the Planning & Development Act, 2000 (as amended) and in accordance with the requirements of Part 8, Article 81 and Article 83 of the Planning & Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended) that Waterford City & County Council proposes t...

13/10/2026

💚💙 ST DECLAN’S GAA CLUB HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIDL GREEN FUND 2026 ONE OF TWO LEFT IN WATERFORD! 💙💚

What a fantastic opportunity for our club and community!

Following Ardmore’s incredible achievement in being named Ireland’s Greenest Place 2026, we’re delighted that St Declan’s GAA Club has been shortlisted for the Lidl Green Fund!

Our club is about so much more than sport. We’re proud to be a community hub, investing in our facilities, promoting biodiversity, supporting sustainability and creating a better environment for our players, members and future generations.

Now we need everyone to get behind us and help bring this funding home!

🗳️ HOW TO VOTE FOR ST DECLAN’S GAA CLUB

📅 Voting opens 15th October and closes 21st October.

1️⃣ Spend €30 in Lidl and scan your Lidl Plus app at the till to complete a stamp card.

2️⃣ Submit your completed stamp card in the Lidl Plus app.

3️⃣ Select St Declan’s GAA Club in the in-app Green Fund survey.

Every vote counts, and every supporter can make a difference!

Please share this post, spread the word among family and friends, and encourage everyone to support our club.

We’ve had an incredible year for Ardmore — let’s keep that momentum going and show what the St Declan’s community can achieve when we pull together!

PLEASE LIKE SHARE AND SPREAD THE WORD YOU CAN VOTE FROM ANYWHERE.

💙🤍 ONE CLUB. ONE COMMUNITY. ONE BIG GOAL.

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08/10/2026

Ardmore Tidy Towns notes 8 Oct (6)

Green Meadow Transfer.
Sincere thanks to Declan Prendergast who cut the meadow in Holy Cross Cemetery and to John Tierney, Tommy Carlton and John Kearns who help gather and transfer it to The Round Tower Cemetery. Of course this would not be possible were it not for the wonderful preparatory work of Joe Callaghan and Willie Power at The Round Tower.
The idea is that the meadow at Holy Cross Cemetery is classified as a 6510 meadow which is a slow growing light meadow of native grasses and wild flowers. By transferring this immediately to a prepared patch of the Round Tower we hope that over time the slower growing and light grass will grow there too.

08/10/2026

Ardmore Tidy Towns notes 8 Oct (5)

Brilliant County Final Win for Ardmore Ladies.
Newly reformed Ardmore LGFA enjoyed a wonderful first season and capped it off with a Junior C County Title following a thrilling victory over a gallant St Anne’s side at Dungarvan Club Grounds last Sunday.
This game was nip and tuck all the way with Ardmore enjoying the majority of possession but St Anne’s were more efficient with their sporadic attacks. Hence a rather fortuitous goal from a great Laura Miller delivery was the key score in the match. All the Ardmore girls that saw action excelled and a special mention too for the unused subs all of whom trained diligently through the year and enoyed great fun and craic. Some of the girls were very young and some shall we say ‘more experienced’. For the record the full panel, which included 7 sets of sisters, was as follows: Sarah Foley; Rachel Flavin, Neasa Keevers (capt), Sally Ann Gleeson; Laura Miller, Meadbh Kiernan, Emily Hennessy; Lizzie Prendergast & Tricia Power; Amy Power, Annalisa Lynch, Kate Hennessy; Laoise Keevers, Grainne Kiernan & Rachel Murray. Subs: Lily Hallahan, Ciara Walsh, Sarah O’Connell, Marie Stilwell, Aoife Broderick, Sarah Murray, Laura Lynch, Niamh Power, Amelie Tobin, Mary Kate Keevers, Ella Beausang, Mary Sarkunaite, Julianna Tierney, Sarah Miller, Brenda Griffin,

08/10/2026

Ardmore Tidy Towns notes 8 Oct (4)

The Pink Swim 2026.
This year’s Pink Swim in aid of The National Breast Cancer Research Institute will take place at Ardmore Beach on Sunday October 11th at 11.00 am. Your support, whether swimming, financial or just coming along will be greatly appreciated.
That’ll be the morning after The Boogie Bingo so in helping this so worthy cause you can aid your own recovery on ‘the morning after the night before

Ardmore Energy Management Plan .
The public meeting at Ardmore GAA Club on Wednesday night was a really interesting experience where the Galway based Celtic Dynamics presented an Energy Management Plan for Ardmore and Grange.
During last winter and spring they conducted a survey of energy usage in a some local homes, businesses, farms and community buildings and they also harvested all the available data on our parish from the CSO from which they presented some very interesting facts and information giving us a clearer picture of where energy is being used today