Carrick on Shannon wins the Ireland’s Best Kept Town Overall Award and Ireland’s Best Kept Small Town Award

Posted on : June 22, 2023

Congratulations and a big thank you to all the hardworking Tidy Towns volunteers for bringing these awards to Carrick on Shannon.

Thank you to all the individuals and businesses, who made a massive effort and helped reaching this goal. This is a great achievement and will further enhance the ever growing popularity of Carrick on Shannon.

Minister Humphreys congratulates winners in Ireland’s Best Kept Town Competition.
Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim is the overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town competition, 2023. The results were announced 20th June 2023 at an awards ceremony at Farmleigh House. Carrick-on-Shannon also won the Best Kept Small Town category.
Minister Humphreys said:
“I want to congratulate all of the winners and nominees in the all-island Best Kept Town competition, and in particular Carrick-On-Shannon, Co. Leitrim for winning the overall title along with the title of Best Kept Small Town”
The Minister also said:
“The all-island Best Kept Town Competition recognizes the great pride people have in their own communities, both in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is testament to how local volunteers take ownership of their local area and work to improve them, for both now and into the future. Being nominated for these awards represents an achievement in itself, and is recognition of the efforts made by volunteers and local communities in the SuperValu TidyTowns competition and the Best Kept competition in Northern Ireland.”
(Source: www.gov.ie)