Below is our diary of work, showing some of the practical work we do every week. Why not come out and give us a hand!
To Do ...
Clean out rubbish and lunchbox-filled cage behind Aldi. Ongoing weeding, watering and feeding the flower planters and containers. Keep sweeping the town. Langford St front garden work. Clean and measure large teak planters in Sean Scoil yard.
[For October: Roundup injections to help eradicate the invasive species, Japanese Knot-weed. Injection guns and training from KCC (contact Cathy Fisher, Biodiversity Officer for details).]
Tue 19th, Thu 21st Aug '14
Assist An Bháinseach residents with their wall painting before next week's adjudication for their Pride of Place entry.
Tue 12th, Thu 14th Aug '14
Wheelie-bins with legs! Our 6 walking bins and hi-vis vested volunteers took part in the Puck Fair parade and received great support from the crowd. We have Tuesday off to enjoy the Fair on the Scattering Day and we're back out on the streets on Thursday to prettify our town. The early risers got the large flower towers and containers back out on the streets again - and Thanks Johnny Cronin! Bird conference attended (Rosie and James D) in Tralee.
Tue 5th, Thu 7th Aug '14
Most of the town's large planters and containers were removed for safe-keeping during Puck Fair. Briers and overgrowth was cut back along the Tralee Rd (Evans' to Astellas gate). We clipped briers up along Annadale Road with cyclists, walkers and runners in mind. Graffiti removed from limestone and metal signage at Beaufort Glencar junction at Lawlor's Bridge; this exercise was not entirely successful so we've reported it on the FixMyArea app. Placed name tags on some of our native trees along the Railway Walk. The lovely rose bed on Crows road was weeded and tidied. Two shop fronts at the Bridge as well as the Garda barracks were washed down with soapy water as they are highly visible when driving through town.
Tue 29th, Thu 31st Jul '14
Moved the large teak planters from the Elm House roof garden to the Sean Scoil for cleaning and painting (donated by KTC). Paintied more poles and bollards: lower town, Annadale Road, Market Street, Lower Bridge Street and Langford Street (opp The Paddocks). Dead-headed the roundabout white roses. Cut back briers and overgrowth on the Killarney Road. Re-planted the pony cart on the Tralee Road and litter picked Scotts Boreen. Weeded around the raised bed outside Tourist Office, trimmed the box hedging and cleaned Library Place in preparation for the WW1 commemoration on P/holiday Mon 4th August.
Tue 22nd, Thu 24th Jul '14
Pole and bollard painting continued (opp RC Church, Nuns Rd, Ballykissane Rd, roundabout, Upper Bridge St). Litter pick throughout the main streets. Finished cutting back on Railway Walk and removal of cuttings. Briers and bushes cut back along the Glenbeigh Road (opp. Boyle's Hardware). Planters, baskets and containers watered throughout town. A Swift Survey was carried out on both evenings to train volunteers in watching the Swifts flying high, swooping down over the rooftops and to generally observe other behavior. Next May the Swift Survey will resume so as to ascertain and record where the nest sites are so that we can assist in providing additional nest boxes to help increase the population of this Amber-listed bird.
Tue 15th, Thu 17th Jul '14
Using the newly-purchased KTT trimmer and hedge-cutting equipment: Overgrowth and bush cutting along the lovely Railway Bridge Walk; remove cuttings. Continued the painting of bollard, poles and railings on Mill Rd, the roundabout, Library Place, Upper Bridge St. and Iveragh Rd. Litter picked; dead-headed containers; watered planters, baskets and containers throughout town. Under the Local Area Enhancement Scheme Ballykissane Pier was tidied up, bollards painted, two benches installed and signage put right.
Tue 8th, Thu 10th Jul '14
Poles and bollards painted black on Mill Road, the roundabout, Upper Bridge Street and Iveragh Road. The signpost poles are being painted all the way to the top for consistency and a uniform look. Overgrowth was cut back on the Tralee Road. Grass and briers were cleared from around the base of the beech trees on the Killarney Road.
Tue 1st, Thu 3rd Jul '14
For the Puck Fair launch KTT did a clean sweep of mid and downtown this week. We removed weeds from pavements and picked and brushed away cobwebs around doors, windows and railings and swept up the dust (and unfortunately way too many cigarette butts!) and dead-headed the flowers in preparation for Friday night's launch. The walls at the entrance to The Mill car park were weeded and swept and the lovely railings around the goat statue were painted. And all that was on top of the weeding, watering and feeding of the planters and containers throughout the town. Good work all!
Tue 24th, Thu 26th Jun '14
Planted 9 new shrubs in each of the 4 new beds on the Glenbeigh Road. Trimmed the growth on the fence and tidied up on the Slí na Sláinte Bog Road walk. Removed excess low tree branches along the green areas. Re-tied trees to posts where necessary. The rain gave the new plants a good soaking and gave us some time away from the watering! Weeded Crows Rd rose bed and the long raised bed by the parking area. Litter picked along all the streets.
Tue 17th, Thu 19th Jun '14
Lawlor's Bridge on the Beaufort road overgrowth cleared and weeded. Repeated watering all this week with the prolonged dry spell. Weeded and bark mulched the planters at the Dispensary, the car recharge point in the Fair Field, the CYMS and the towers at Library Place. Weeded the wide path outside Laune View and from the end of the bridge, the Fishery and out to Evans' cross on the Tralee Road. Swept and weeded The Square, Upper Bridge Street, Iveragh Road to Aldi. The CE Scheme team cleaned around the children's cilín stone on the Ballykissane Road; clipped back the growth and cleaned the stone. Meeting to decide on allocation of funding for signage (Local Area Enhancement Scheme): RM to contact Michael O'Clery for artwork on birds in Ballykissane Pier area; this will add greatly to the heritage walk here.
Tue 10th, Thu 12th Jun '14
Picked and weeded Mill Road, Library Place, Iveragh Road, The Bridge and Laune View paths. Watered and weeded planters and raised beds.
Tue 3rd, Thu 5th Jun '14
Swept around the bring bins and removed rubbish from behind them. Weeded raised bed behind the monument in the Fair Field. Litter picked Fair Field and Library Place. Meeting (first Tuesday). Strimmed Tralee Rd, cleaned traffic islands either side of Astellas, cleaned around Clothes bring-banks at old Mangan's shop. [Q: did the adjudicator visit on Thu?] Ballykissane water pump station measured for benches; met bench maker and await quote. CE Scheme men will help cleaning cement part of area and the base for the benches. Litter picked and weeded Mill Road.
Jun Weekend'14
Sunday morning litter pick and lookout for blackspots during KFest and regatta at the Boat Club.
Tue 27th, Thu 29th May '14
Tralee road weeded. Towers and containers planted up at Library Place, Laharn Court, CY and by the Bring Banks. Baskets and planters fed and watered (with river water). Two bench seats were fitted and fixed on Glenbeigh road Slí na Sláinte Bog Road walk. Three planters in the Fair Field were painted black.
Tue 20th, Thu 22nd, Sat 24th May '14
Biodiversity Week (Sat 17th to Sun 25th May). Leaflets in the Tourist Office and local shops. KTT's Rosie organised walks, with expert guides, on the subjects of Bats, Bogs and Birds on Wednesday at dusk, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon! Good turnout and very lucky with the weather for all events. New plants brought to the tunnel and watered. Worked in Library Place to support filming of the Men's Shed for RTE's Nationwide. Hung the flower baskets out along the Bridge. Called to and advised businesses' on options for flower baskets and boxes. Killarney Road paths weeded and hedging cut back. Filled the tower planter at Jack's deli and the low planter at the top of the island in The Square.
Tue 13th, Thu 15th May '14
National Volunteer Week - campaigned for new volunteers. Admin work on the submission. Topsoil drawn in to the new beds on the Glenbeigh road. Planting at Library Place beds. Litter pick around town. Weeding at the Scoil Mhuire laneway, entrance and car park, School Road and around Railway Walk.
Assisted Glenbeigh Community Council with the Rossbeigh beach clean for www.cleancoastsweek.ie.
Tue 6th, Thu 8th May '14
Bridge footpath and wall base weeded; picked and swept islands and paths in front of Laune View on both Tralee and Killarney sides. Pebble-dash containers weeded and cleaned, compost added in preparation for plants to go in. Picked out 2 bags of floating rubbish from the edge of the river at The Fishery. Litter picked from Steelroe to town. Blue wall base at Chub's Corner weeded in prep for upcoming artwork project and from opposite side of road out to the graveyard. Weeded part of rose bed in front of the RC church until dark.
Tue 29th Apr, Thu 1st May '14
Continued on Crows Road sweeping (gravel and dust), weed picked the long raised sleepers bed and rose bed, down to Lower Bridge Street. The brackets for flower baskets on the bridge were lowered with Tom 'great driver' O'Connor's hoist while traffic was controlled for the safety of all. Weeds (and heaps of earth / dust / sediment were removed from the base of both sides of the bridge; this will hopefully stop weeds growing there for some time.
Tue 22nd, Thu 24th, Sat 26th Apr '14
Launch of Slí na Sláinte walks incorporating birdwatch, naturewatch, dogpoowatch, etcetera. Path weeding, sweeping and litter pick were carried out on Mill Road, Upper Bridge Street, the top of The Square, Market Street and half of Crows Road and some of Annadale Road (outside Jacks).
> cleared out as far as Temmlar
Tue 15th, Thu 17th, Sat 19th Apr '14
Welcome to new volunteers Ramona, Martina, Mike and Andrew. Topsoil moved from the drop site on the Glenbeigh road to the large raised bed at the Tourist Office to improve the box hedge growth and Golden Amber trees; chicken manure added. The old blue clay earth was dug out from the 4 new beds on the Glenbeigh road in preparation for the CE Scheme workers building the stone surround. Weeds removed and litter picked on Iveragh Rd and Upper Bridge St. Topsoil added to some planters around town. One local business had room in their dry recycle bin before collection and kindly took 12 bags full of plastic bottles that had been separated from the litter picks at the bring banks over the past weeks.
Sat 12th Apr '14
Over 180 bags of rubbish collected by volunteers on the approach roads during Killorglin Spring Clean Day and the County Clean-Up Day (sponsored by KWD). It was coordinated from the information point set up at Library Place and Drum Dance Ireland filled the spring air with fun drumming and active rhythms.
Tue 8th, Thu 10th Apr '14
Dug out the areas for 4 new beds on the Glenbeigh road grass area (Thank you for that machine Pat Costello!). Moved some of the topsoil into town for the raised beds and tall planter dressing on Thu night (Thanks for the topsoil Dermot Griffin!). Weeded the rose bed on Crows Road.
Tue 1st, Thu 3rd, Sat 5th Apr '14
Killarney TT visited on Tue to walk the town and offer advice - Thanks Killarney! Evening work started this week; 7pm on Tue and Thu. Monthly meeting held on Tue. Thu saw the preparation of large raised beds in Library Place for planting; tidying dead branches from trees; moving (to the Playground) and removing some plants to make way for later planting of summer colour. Sat morning riverbank cleanup at Cloon yielded 10 bags of material, including 5 of recyclable items, plus 3 tyres.
* * * * APRIL IS YOUR SPRING CLEAN MONTH - Get out and clean your street, road, walking trail or beach! * * * *
Sat 29th Mar '14: The long evenings - Tue and Thu work from now on!
Tue 25th Mar '14: KTT volunteers assisted ISK's 3rd Year CSPE students with their clean-up project; students did a great job
Sat 22nd Mar '14: Assisted residents of Cathair Lakes with the Cathair Lakes Biodiversity Project! 3 red berry Mountain Ash / Rowan trees were planted and a Wildflower Corridor created to attract butterflies and birds. Joint-activity, Tree planting, with Killorglin's 4th Kerry Scouts (riverbank from The Mill car park). Tower planters cleaned out (ornamental cabbages removed; cyclamen stored in tunnel). Bring banks cleaned. Weed growth removed from base of limestone raised beds in Library Place.
Mon 17th Mar '14: KTT participation in Killorglin's St. Patrick's Day parade.
Sat 15th Mar '14: Library Place golden amber bed (outside Tourist Office); Weed paths at School Road, from Micko's to the start of Railway Walk.
Tue 11th Mar '14: Public meeting re upcoming works, new members, work teams, projects to start and finish, change from Saturdays to evenings work when time goes forward, etc.
Sat 8th Mar '14: Mid-town work; weeding. Library Place planting and moving.
Sat 1st Mar '14: It was a beautiful day for cleaning the Glenbeigh road (out past Ceannovree). This stretch is a mile out of town and just where the chip carton, plastic bottle or paper cup rubbish ends up - don't be a Tosser please; take it home and recycle it! There were also quite a few bits of metal and plastic car pieces from various crashes. Low turnout; a hard ten man-hours here!
Sat 22nd Feb '14: Glenbeigh road's four landscaped beds were weeded to allow the daffodils and shrubs room to grow. The trees along the walk were pruned and a team did a litter pick from the track back to the business park.
Sat 15th Feb '14: Weather prevented any activity today!
Sat 8th Feb '14: Due to the weather forecast for the next couple of weeks it may not be possible to carry out any substantial job of work. However, the bring banks need to be swept up and a general litter pick around the Fair Field and the bus stop is always needed. Pull on a cap and come out if you can!
Sat 1st Feb '14: The strong winds were even difficult to stand up in. This was a day when Killorglin Tidy Towns notes, plans, emails and websites were updated!
Tue 28th Jan '14 - AGM: The Annual General Meeting was well attended in O'Grady's Bar and was very positive in the line of ideas for progress and support from the town.
Sat 25th Jan '14: Very windy conditions; swept around the bring banks; met to discuss teams for business calls.
Sat 18th Jan '14: The work group split up, some heading to Rossbeigh beach to assist with the playground cleanup after the storm damage, thers did a roadside rubbish pick on the Glenbeigh road (from the slip road to the back of Sunhill out past the Cromane junction as far as Diggins). The bring banks were swept.
Sat 11th January 2014: High Tower donated their services and equipment for the Christmas tree shredding in the Fair Field (12-4pm). Volunteers swept clean the bring bank area. Removed weeds from shop fronts and residences and swept the foot paths on Mill Road.
We have achieved a lot - check out here to learn about our activities in 2013 and go to here for 2012.
Clean out rubbish and lunchbox-filled cage behind Aldi. Ongoing weeding, watering and feeding the flower planters and containers. Keep sweeping the town. Langford St front garden work. Clean and measure large teak planters in Sean Scoil yard.
[For October: Roundup injections to help eradicate the invasive species, Japanese Knot-weed. Injection guns and training from KCC (contact Cathy Fisher, Biodiversity Officer for details).]
Tue 19th, Thu 21st Aug '14
Assist An Bháinseach residents with their wall painting before next week's adjudication for their Pride of Place entry.
Tue 12th, Thu 14th Aug '14
Wheelie-bins with legs! Our 6 walking bins and hi-vis vested volunteers took part in the Puck Fair parade and received great support from the crowd. We have Tuesday off to enjoy the Fair on the Scattering Day and we're back out on the streets on Thursday to prettify our town. The early risers got the large flower towers and containers back out on the streets again - and Thanks Johnny Cronin! Bird conference attended (Rosie and James D) in Tralee.
Tue 5th, Thu 7th Aug '14
Most of the town's large planters and containers were removed for safe-keeping during Puck Fair. Briers and overgrowth was cut back along the Tralee Rd (Evans' to Astellas gate). We clipped briers up along Annadale Road with cyclists, walkers and runners in mind. Graffiti removed from limestone and metal signage at Beaufort Glencar junction at Lawlor's Bridge; this exercise was not entirely successful so we've reported it on the FixMyArea app. Placed name tags on some of our native trees along the Railway Walk. The lovely rose bed on Crows road was weeded and tidied. Two shop fronts at the Bridge as well as the Garda barracks were washed down with soapy water as they are highly visible when driving through town.
Tue 29th, Thu 31st Jul '14
Moved the large teak planters from the Elm House roof garden to the Sean Scoil for cleaning and painting (donated by KTC). Paintied more poles and bollards: lower town, Annadale Road, Market Street, Lower Bridge Street and Langford Street (opp The Paddocks). Dead-headed the roundabout white roses. Cut back briers and overgrowth on the Killarney Road. Re-planted the pony cart on the Tralee Road and litter picked Scotts Boreen. Weeded around the raised bed outside Tourist Office, trimmed the box hedging and cleaned Library Place in preparation for the WW1 commemoration on P/holiday Mon 4th August.
Tue 22nd, Thu 24th Jul '14
Pole and bollard painting continued (opp RC Church, Nuns Rd, Ballykissane Rd, roundabout, Upper Bridge St). Litter pick throughout the main streets. Finished cutting back on Railway Walk and removal of cuttings. Briers and bushes cut back along the Glenbeigh Road (opp. Boyle's Hardware). Planters, baskets and containers watered throughout town. A Swift Survey was carried out on both evenings to train volunteers in watching the Swifts flying high, swooping down over the rooftops and to generally observe other behavior. Next May the Swift Survey will resume so as to ascertain and record where the nest sites are so that we can assist in providing additional nest boxes to help increase the population of this Amber-listed bird.
Tue 15th, Thu 17th Jul '14
Using the newly-purchased KTT trimmer and hedge-cutting equipment: Overgrowth and bush cutting along the lovely Railway Bridge Walk; remove cuttings. Continued the painting of bollard, poles and railings on Mill Rd, the roundabout, Library Place, Upper Bridge St. and Iveragh Rd. Litter picked; dead-headed containers; watered planters, baskets and containers throughout town. Under the Local Area Enhancement Scheme Ballykissane Pier was tidied up, bollards painted, two benches installed and signage put right.
Tue 8th, Thu 10th Jul '14
Poles and bollards painted black on Mill Road, the roundabout, Upper Bridge Street and Iveragh Road. The signpost poles are being painted all the way to the top for consistency and a uniform look. Overgrowth was cut back on the Tralee Road. Grass and briers were cleared from around the base of the beech trees on the Killarney Road.
Tue 1st, Thu 3rd Jul '14
For the Puck Fair launch KTT did a clean sweep of mid and downtown this week. We removed weeds from pavements and picked and brushed away cobwebs around doors, windows and railings and swept up the dust (and unfortunately way too many cigarette butts!) and dead-headed the flowers in preparation for Friday night's launch. The walls at the entrance to The Mill car park were weeded and swept and the lovely railings around the goat statue were painted. And all that was on top of the weeding, watering and feeding of the planters and containers throughout the town. Good work all!
Tue 24th, Thu 26th Jun '14
Planted 9 new shrubs in each of the 4 new beds on the Glenbeigh Road. Trimmed the growth on the fence and tidied up on the Slí na Sláinte Bog Road walk. Removed excess low tree branches along the green areas. Re-tied trees to posts where necessary. The rain gave the new plants a good soaking and gave us some time away from the watering! Weeded Crows Rd rose bed and the long raised bed by the parking area. Litter picked along all the streets.
Tue 17th, Thu 19th Jun '14
Lawlor's Bridge on the Beaufort road overgrowth cleared and weeded. Repeated watering all this week with the prolonged dry spell. Weeded and bark mulched the planters at the Dispensary, the car recharge point in the Fair Field, the CYMS and the towers at Library Place. Weeded the wide path outside Laune View and from the end of the bridge, the Fishery and out to Evans' cross on the Tralee Road. Swept and weeded The Square, Upper Bridge Street, Iveragh Road to Aldi. The CE Scheme team cleaned around the children's cilín stone on the Ballykissane Road; clipped back the growth and cleaned the stone. Meeting to decide on allocation of funding for signage (Local Area Enhancement Scheme): RM to contact Michael O'Clery for artwork on birds in Ballykissane Pier area; this will add greatly to the heritage walk here.
Tue 10th, Thu 12th Jun '14
Picked and weeded Mill Road, Library Place, Iveragh Road, The Bridge and Laune View paths. Watered and weeded planters and raised beds.
Tue 3rd, Thu 5th Jun '14
Swept around the bring bins and removed rubbish from behind them. Weeded raised bed behind the monument in the Fair Field. Litter picked Fair Field and Library Place. Meeting (first Tuesday). Strimmed Tralee Rd, cleaned traffic islands either side of Astellas, cleaned around Clothes bring-banks at old Mangan's shop. [Q: did the adjudicator visit on Thu?] Ballykissane water pump station measured for benches; met bench maker and await quote. CE Scheme men will help cleaning cement part of area and the base for the benches. Litter picked and weeded Mill Road.
Jun Weekend'14
Sunday morning litter pick and lookout for blackspots during KFest and regatta at the Boat Club.
Tue 27th, Thu 29th May '14
Tralee road weeded. Towers and containers planted up at Library Place, Laharn Court, CY and by the Bring Banks. Baskets and planters fed and watered (with river water). Two bench seats were fitted and fixed on Glenbeigh road Slí na Sláinte Bog Road walk. Three planters in the Fair Field were painted black.
Tue 20th, Thu 22nd, Sat 24th May '14
Biodiversity Week (Sat 17th to Sun 25th May). Leaflets in the Tourist Office and local shops. KTT's Rosie organised walks, with expert guides, on the subjects of Bats, Bogs and Birds on Wednesday at dusk, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon! Good turnout and very lucky with the weather for all events. New plants brought to the tunnel and watered. Worked in Library Place to support filming of the Men's Shed for RTE's Nationwide. Hung the flower baskets out along the Bridge. Called to and advised businesses' on options for flower baskets and boxes. Killarney Road paths weeded and hedging cut back. Filled the tower planter at Jack's deli and the low planter at the top of the island in The Square.
Tue 13th, Thu 15th May '14
National Volunteer Week - campaigned for new volunteers. Admin work on the submission. Topsoil drawn in to the new beds on the Glenbeigh road. Planting at Library Place beds. Litter pick around town. Weeding at the Scoil Mhuire laneway, entrance and car park, School Road and around Railway Walk.
Assisted Glenbeigh Community Council with the Rossbeigh beach clean for www.cleancoastsweek.ie.
Tue 6th, Thu 8th May '14
Bridge footpath and wall base weeded; picked and swept islands and paths in front of Laune View on both Tralee and Killarney sides. Pebble-dash containers weeded and cleaned, compost added in preparation for plants to go in. Picked out 2 bags of floating rubbish from the edge of the river at The Fishery. Litter picked from Steelroe to town. Blue wall base at Chub's Corner weeded in prep for upcoming artwork project and from opposite side of road out to the graveyard. Weeded part of rose bed in front of the RC church until dark.
Tue 29th Apr, Thu 1st May '14
Continued on Crows Road sweeping (gravel and dust), weed picked the long raised sleepers bed and rose bed, down to Lower Bridge Street. The brackets for flower baskets on the bridge were lowered with Tom 'great driver' O'Connor's hoist while traffic was controlled for the safety of all. Weeds (and heaps of earth / dust / sediment were removed from the base of both sides of the bridge; this will hopefully stop weeds growing there for some time.
Tue 22nd, Thu 24th, Sat 26th Apr '14
Launch of Slí na Sláinte walks incorporating birdwatch, naturewatch, dogpoowatch, etcetera. Path weeding, sweeping and litter pick were carried out on Mill Road, Upper Bridge Street, the top of The Square, Market Street and half of Crows Road and some of Annadale Road (outside Jacks).
> cleared out as far as Temmlar
Tue 15th, Thu 17th, Sat 19th Apr '14
Welcome to new volunteers Ramona, Martina, Mike and Andrew. Topsoil moved from the drop site on the Glenbeigh road to the large raised bed at the Tourist Office to improve the box hedge growth and Golden Amber trees; chicken manure added. The old blue clay earth was dug out from the 4 new beds on the Glenbeigh road in preparation for the CE Scheme workers building the stone surround. Weeds removed and litter picked on Iveragh Rd and Upper Bridge St. Topsoil added to some planters around town. One local business had room in their dry recycle bin before collection and kindly took 12 bags full of plastic bottles that had been separated from the litter picks at the bring banks over the past weeks.
Sat 12th Apr '14
Over 180 bags of rubbish collected by volunteers on the approach roads during Killorglin Spring Clean Day and the County Clean-Up Day (sponsored by KWD). It was coordinated from the information point set up at Library Place and Drum Dance Ireland filled the spring air with fun drumming and active rhythms.
Tue 8th, Thu 10th Apr '14
Dug out the areas for 4 new beds on the Glenbeigh road grass area (Thank you for that machine Pat Costello!). Moved some of the topsoil into town for the raised beds and tall planter dressing on Thu night (Thanks for the topsoil Dermot Griffin!). Weeded the rose bed on Crows Road.
Tue 1st, Thu 3rd, Sat 5th Apr '14
Killarney TT visited on Tue to walk the town and offer advice - Thanks Killarney! Evening work started this week; 7pm on Tue and Thu. Monthly meeting held on Tue. Thu saw the preparation of large raised beds in Library Place for planting; tidying dead branches from trees; moving (to the Playground) and removing some plants to make way for later planting of summer colour. Sat morning riverbank cleanup at Cloon yielded 10 bags of material, including 5 of recyclable items, plus 3 tyres.
* * * * APRIL IS YOUR SPRING CLEAN MONTH - Get out and clean your street, road, walking trail or beach! * * * *
Sat 29th Mar '14: The long evenings - Tue and Thu work from now on!
Tue 25th Mar '14: KTT volunteers assisted ISK's 3rd Year CSPE students with their clean-up project; students did a great job
Sat 22nd Mar '14: Assisted residents of Cathair Lakes with the Cathair Lakes Biodiversity Project! 3 red berry Mountain Ash / Rowan trees were planted and a Wildflower Corridor created to attract butterflies and birds. Joint-activity, Tree planting, with Killorglin's 4th Kerry Scouts (riverbank from The Mill car park). Tower planters cleaned out (ornamental cabbages removed; cyclamen stored in tunnel). Bring banks cleaned. Weed growth removed from base of limestone raised beds in Library Place.
Mon 17th Mar '14: KTT participation in Killorglin's St. Patrick's Day parade.
Sat 15th Mar '14: Library Place golden amber bed (outside Tourist Office); Weed paths at School Road, from Micko's to the start of Railway Walk.
Tue 11th Mar '14: Public meeting re upcoming works, new members, work teams, projects to start and finish, change from Saturdays to evenings work when time goes forward, etc.
Sat 8th Mar '14: Mid-town work; weeding. Library Place planting and moving.
Sat 1st Mar '14: It was a beautiful day for cleaning the Glenbeigh road (out past Ceannovree). This stretch is a mile out of town and just where the chip carton, plastic bottle or paper cup rubbish ends up - don't be a Tosser please; take it home and recycle it! There were also quite a few bits of metal and plastic car pieces from various crashes. Low turnout; a hard ten man-hours here!
Sat 22nd Feb '14: Glenbeigh road's four landscaped beds were weeded to allow the daffodils and shrubs room to grow. The trees along the walk were pruned and a team did a litter pick from the track back to the business park.
Sat 15th Feb '14: Weather prevented any activity today!
Sat 8th Feb '14: Due to the weather forecast for the next couple of weeks it may not be possible to carry out any substantial job of work. However, the bring banks need to be swept up and a general litter pick around the Fair Field and the bus stop is always needed. Pull on a cap and come out if you can!
Sat 1st Feb '14: The strong winds were even difficult to stand up in. This was a day when Killorglin Tidy Towns notes, plans, emails and websites were updated!
Tue 28th Jan '14 - AGM: The Annual General Meeting was well attended in O'Grady's Bar and was very positive in the line of ideas for progress and support from the town.
Sat 25th Jan '14: Very windy conditions; swept around the bring banks; met to discuss teams for business calls.
Sat 18th Jan '14: The work group split up, some heading to Rossbeigh beach to assist with the playground cleanup after the storm damage, thers did a roadside rubbish pick on the Glenbeigh road (from the slip road to the back of Sunhill out past the Cromane junction as far as Diggins). The bring banks were swept.
Sat 11th January 2014: High Tower donated their services and equipment for the Christmas tree shredding in the Fair Field (12-4pm). Volunteers swept clean the bring bank area. Removed weeds from shop fronts and residences and swept the foot paths on Mill Road.
We have achieved a lot - check out here to learn about our activities in 2013 and go to here for 2012.
