| Best-kept Killarney Killarney
has been named as Ireland’s best-kept town.
The famed Kerry tourist destination came out tops in a north-south competition
confined to 12 of the country’s most attractive towns.
The results were announced by Environment Minister John Gormley at an
awards ceremony in Dublin Castle.
The Kerry town was initially a category winner as the best-kept large
town while Letterkenny won the best-kept large urban centre.
Tallanstown in Co. Louth won the best-kept village category and Broughshane
in Co. Antrim was named the best-kept small town.
All four were put forward for the overall award with Killarney emerging
as the outright winner.
The competition had been narrowed to 12 towns ahead of the event.
Entrants were marked on cleanliness, outward appearance of buildings,
presentation of roads and public facilities along with the natural environment.
The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and
the Northern Ireland Amenity Council initiated the Ireland’s Best-Kept
Towns competition in 1995 to help raise the profile of both the Tidy Towns
and Northern Ireland’s Best-Kept competitions and so help to improve
the standard of towns and villages across the whole island of Ireland.
Tidy towns winners:
* Overall winner: Killarney, Co. Kerry.
* Best village: Tallanstown, Co. Louth.
* Best small town: Broughshane, Co. Antrim.
* Best large town: Killarney, Co. Kerry.
* Best large urban centre: Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. |
