Bettystown Tidy Towns

What a way to wrap up the summer! ☀️

Our incredible volunteers celebrated the end of the season last Saturday night. A huge shoutout to McDonough’s for being wonderful hosts, and to Macaris for keeping everyone fueled with delicious pizzas! 🍕

Want to get involved? We are heading back out into the village this Saturday from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. We are always looking for fresh faces, so come down and join us! 💚

Mc Donough’s Coffee House & Bar Macari’s Bettystown Square

Bettystown Clean Coasts Big Beach Clean 2026 will be held on Saturday 19th September 9-10:30am.

Save the date and spare us an hour to keep our beach beautiful!

Fun for all the family join this September 18th to 20th and mark the end of the bathing season with the . 🌊

Receive a free clean-up kit, proudly supported by Kia Ireland when you register and help remove litter from Ireland's shores! 🚮

You can also join in the global fight against litter with the Ocean Conservancy with a fun collective citizen science action by recording data on litter you find. 🔬🌍

✅ Sign up today: https://cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/big-beach-clean/

Meath Cares about Older People event

Wednesday 7 October 2026, 10:30am to 2:00pm
City North Hotel & Conference Centre, Gormanston, Co. Meath, K32 W562

Advance booking is recommended

Meath County Council

Back to school in Bettystown!

Local photographer Dave Stanley captured the big day for some of our little locals.

Bettystown Clean Coasts Big Beach Clean 2026 will be held on Saturday 19th September 9-10:30am.

Save the date and spare us an hour to keep our beach beautiful!

Join the Big Beach Clean 2026! 🌊💙

Every bag collected, every piece of litter removed, and every helping hand makes a difference for our coasts and inland waterways. Come together with your community, care for our coastline, and be part of a growing beach-cleaning movement.

For more info and to sign up 👉 https://cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/big-beach-clean/

🌍 Join the community. Care for our coasts. Make an impact.

Kia Ireland Ocean Conservancy

Wishing the absolute best of luck to everyone starting or heading back to school this week! Hope you all have a fantastic time and a great start to the year.

From all your friends at Bettystown Tidy Towns 👋🏼

Art by Susanne M Deasy

Our mini forest on the Tara Road has transformed a piece of verge and boosted biodiversity.

In February 2025, we planted five hundred native Irish saplings to create the mini forest, using the Miyawaki method.

Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki created the Miyawaki method to grow thick, fast-developing forests using local, native plants.

This project was made possible by Amazon, who funded the project, John from Stepping Stone Forests and the staff and students of Laytown Bettystown Youthreach who helped us to prepare the site and plant the saplings.

To all our local students getting results tomorrow: Best of luck! 🍀

Art by Susanne M Deasy

Leave nothing but footprints 👣
Take nothing but memories 💭

We love our local coast. That’s why we put up this new piece of street art. It is a simple reminder to enjoy the beach and respect nature.

A huge thank you to the talented Cormac Dillon of Mack Studios for his artwork. We are also very grateful to BT Bistro for letting us use their outdoor wall.

Stop by, take a look, and let’s keep our beaches beautiful together!

Bistro BT Clean Coasts

Bettystown’s painted utility boxes look good enough to eat! 🎨🍦

These colorful pieces, designed and created by local artist Susanne M Deasy, are already a hit with young visitors enjoying ice cream treats from Ellie's Ice Cream.