Blackrock wins County First at Tidy Towns 2023

Blackrock Tidy Towns was the winner of the SuperValu TidyTowns County Award for Louth, announced today at the SuperValu TidyTowns awards ceremony at Croke Park in Dublin.

Blackrock retained the County Award, having won it also last year, and also retained its gold medal. The County Second went to Tallanstown, which also picked up a bronze medal.

County Third and a silver medal went to Dromiskin, while an Endeavour Award was received by Dunleer for the biggest improvement in Louth from last year. 

Dundalk and Drogheda retained their gold medals, while a silver medal was also retained by Ardee this year, and a bronze medal went to Carlingford.

Abbeyleix, Co. Laois was named as Ireland’s Tidiest Town as well as Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town. A new award was also presented today to Cappoquin, Boyle and Ballyshannon TidyTowns groups, recognising their efforts to address vacancy and dereliction in line with the Government’s Town Centre First policy.