Pride of Place County Awards: ‘The efforts made today create the communities of tomorrow’
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Small Housing Estate Joint Winner: Railway View, Nobber Kevin Weldon, Carmel Maguire & John Maguire.Image 2 of 32
Small Housing Estate Joint Winner: St. Ultans’ Terrace (13 to 15) Navan, Maureen Wogan & Mary Aughney.Image 3 of 32
Village/Townland: Castletown Kilpatrick Frank Smith, Stephen O’Reilly 7 Brendan Plunkett.Image 4 of 32
Youth Project: Beaufort College, Navan Jenny Darcy, Ali, Andrei & Maria McAteer.Image 5 of 32
Actions For Pollinators: Athboy Tidy Towns Katie McCormack, Denise Bianchi, Stephen and Lily Mangan.Image 6 of 32
Climate Action Small Project: Kells Community Allotments Ltd. Andy Bogie, Peter McNally and Haimish Brown.Image 7 of 32
Climate Action Large Project: Bettystown Tidy Towns Liam Keane, Marie Reader, Derek McCann, Ivan Tolan & Bill McDonaghImage 8 of 32
Medium Housing Estate Winner: Hillview, Dunshaughlin Ann Power & Gabrielle Kenny.Image 9 of 32
Apartment Complex: Killegland Walk, Ashbourne Hugh & Aoife McNamee.Image 10 of 32
Small Town: Summerhill John Fox and PJ Tormey.Image 11 of 32
Heritage: Moynalty Steam Threshing Pater Gaynor, Betty Smith, Teresa McKenna & Sean Quinn.Image 12 of 32
Community Wellbeing: Core Ireland John Murphy, Stephanie Griffin.Image 13 of 32
13 Large Housing Estate Winner Garden City & Crestwood Deirdre Connolly & Anne TigheImage 14 of 32
Residential Streetscape: Old Johnstown Village Community Group Loretta Dunne, Sean Dunne & Frances Murphy.Image 15 of 32
Large Town Trim Tidy Towns: Brian Heffernan, Brian Loughrey, Noel Rochford, Anne Whelan & Pat Whelan.Image 16 of 32
Tourism/Hospitality: The Headfort Arms Hotel, Kells, Theresa Allen and Vincent Duff.Image 17 of 32
Youth Project: Beaufort College, Navan Jenny Darcy, Ali, Andrei & Maria McAteer with Minister Damien English, Minister Helen McEntee and Cllrs Nick Killian and Wayne Harding.Image 18 of 32
(Back Row):, Cllrs, Sarah Reilly, Trevor Golden, Cathaoirlach Nick Killian, Wayne Harding, Eugene Cassidy, Gerry O’Connor, Joe Fox, Sean Drew, Damien O’Reilly and Michael Gallagher with Sinead Brassil (event MC), 3rd left. (Front Row): Minister Damien English, TD, Cllr Sharon Tolan, Minister Helen McEntee TD, Cllr Maria Murphy, Meath County Council Chief Executive Jackie Maguire, Cllr Gillian Toole.Image 19 of 32
Meath County Council Cathaoirleach Nick Killian, MC Sinead Brassil (LMFM) Meath County Council Chief Executive Jackie MaguireImage 20 of 32
Master of Ceremonies Sinead Brassil at the podium to announce the 2022 Pride of Place winners.Image 21 of 32
Members of Gluais from Scoil Mhuire Trim, performing at the Pride of Place Awards at Solstice Art Theatre.Image 22 of 32
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Members of Gluais from Scoil Mhuire Trim, performing at the Pride of Place Awards at Solstice Art Theatre.Image 24 of 32
Members of Gluais from Scoil Mhuire Trim, performing at the Pride of Place Awards at Solstice Art Theatre.Image 25 of 32
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Members of Gluais from Scoil Mhuire Trim, performing at the Pride of Place Awards at Solstice Art Theatre.Image 30 of 32
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The County Meath Pride of Place awards were held in the Solstice Arts Centre on Thursday, 17th November with 220 attendees present. The awards mark the end of another year of hard work by voluntary groups in their local Municipal Districts.
The evening was MC’d by Sinead Brassill from LMFM and everyone was thoroughly entertained by harpist Grace Nally from Trim, The Voculeles from Dunshaughlin and Gluais from Trim.
Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council, Cllr. Nick Killian, warmly welcomed the guests who represented the groups taking part in the initiative this year, congratulating each of them on their nominations, saying “The work that you are doing is vital in the development of strong communities. Strong communities keep us safe and support us when things are difficult, they rally around when things are tough and celebrate together when things are good. The efforts you make today will create the communities of tomorrow and that is why it is so important that we encourage and set an example to the young people within each of our communities, so that this work can continue and indeed be built upon. The new ideas and enthusiasm that they bring can also teach us a thing or two.”
Meath County Council Chief Executive, Ms. Jackie Maguire, thanked the groups for the vital work undertaken out of dedication to their communities. Ms Maguire also noted how this work had been recognised at national level acknowledging Trim Tidy Towns recent success in the National Tidy Towns competition, “this is the 4th time that Trim has received this honour having previously held the title in 1972 and 1984 and they were joint winners in 1974. In goes without saying that Trim was well-deserving of this national honour. I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the Trim Tidy Towns Committee and thank the staff of Trim MD for all their efforts in assisting the Tidy Towns Committee and to thank all who have contributed in a very meaningful way. It is not only a huge result for Trim but for Meath.”
Meath County Council want to wish the very best of luck to the following groups who will be representing Meath at the Co-Operation Ireland National Pride of Place awards in The Clayton Hotel, Dublin on Saturday, January 21, 2023, Old Balreask Woods Community Garden and Estate in the Community Wellbeing Initiative, Kilbride Tidy Towns in the population 0-300 category and Dunshaughlin Tidy Towns in the population 2000–5000 category.
Finally, the Council would like to congratulate all the groups that were nominated across the County for this year’s Pride of Place awards.