Macroom Tidy Towns

Back to the Bowl Rd this Saturday! ,Paul Liam and Tony around Town on their routes. Blueberry scones back at the hub from The Mulligan Room for some ! . Later at 2pm some of the morning volunteers attended the official opening of the West Muskerry Athletic Club new Athletic Grounds. Our Chair , Cllr Martin Coughlan who was one of the original founders of the Athletic Club back in 1984 , and Tony Daly ,who was the first person to wear the distinctive West Muskerry AC strip at a competitive event attended with us!

Saturday: Most,including a new Volunteer, went down clearing and trimming on the Bowl Rd. Liam, Murt and Paul went on their litter routes. During the week: plant watering, it was dry until friday 😁,now our rainwater tanks are 2/3 full! .Deep cleaning of bollards removed from entrance to Oakwood estate,followed by priming and painting . Richard did his biweekly collection of the contents of doggy waste bins located in the Castle Demesne and Tom Creedon Park, gloves definitely needed to unload! . A big reorganisation and clearout of the operations hub ,and of course Saturday would not be complete without Blueberry scones ,donated by Armands The Mulligan Room , Macroom Golf Club . 📣😋👧🧑🫂.

Our project at "the bull" is almost complete. Planting went ahead much sooner than expected 📣 . Preparation work on another project at the entrance to Oakwood estate is proceeding with added impetus and added heavy duty Kango ! . Bollards removed for sanding and cleaning in preparation for painting. On Saturday volunteers worked in the Town Park,clearing weeds,pruning and the like while some of our regular team were litterpicking ,and clearing downtown . Nice work all!. Of course the day was not complete without Armands Ceimers and The Mulligan Room donated supply of blueberry scones!

Another wonderful and varied breakfast at The Mulligan Room after Saturday volunteering! Thank you again Armands and staff for your generous support😋 . Through the week: Pruning and trimming around the council depot. Assisting on 5km road race. Removing banners and signs from the successful Macroom Music Fest with Macroom GAA volunteers .John with help from Finbarr trimmed the upper reaches of the Macroom Christmas tree on eclipse night.Plant watering. Enjoying the Macroom Mens Shed barbecue😋. Continuing work on the "Bull area" .Preparing a new stone bed in the Tiny Feet Fairy Garden Macroom. with topsoil, mypex and mulch . Thanks to Margaret O Connell for her donation of new figurines there. Making "quadrats" 😁 . As allways litterpicking and waste removal. 👍🧚🐝🌞🌭🌲😉🦸‍♀️

Another successful year of the West Muskerry Athletic Club 5k road race in Macroom! Thank you to the organisers and competitors for a great evening. Macroom Tidy Towns volunteers who assisted, at the pre marshalling briefing from the Gardaí . Unfortunately Paul missed the briefing as he was working on setting up the finish line from 5 pm onwards !.

Much work during the week as usual. eg Extending rainwater harvesting capacity..for when it does rain!.Ethan with us to do some morning work . Saturday volunteers cleaning ,weeding,pruning,deadheading and litterpicking in Town Park and elsewhere.Cheers to Mark for the ferrero roche and of course Saturday scones from The Mulligan Room ! 😊🥰📯🏜️🌹

A lot on this week! Earlier John Lyons ,MTT biodiversity officer gave a presentation to visiting adjudicators for the national pride of place awards ,https://www.prideofplace.ie/. This was compiled in conjunction with the local municipal council, extolling the virtues of Macroom, Macroom Tidy Towns and local community organisations :https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41887621.html .
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Work commenced on Monday to revamp the "bull area" fronting Mill Reef estate . This will be one of the largest projects undertaken by MTT this year. Planting here will commence once the existing grass has died back naturally after the application of mypex covering .
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In addition to all this signage has been completed and banners have been erected under supervision of MTT personnel and with Macroom GAA volunteers for the Macroom Music Fest 7th-9th of August.
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Thanks also ,to a lady who wishes to remain anonymous ,for a generous donation to our general operations .
We had new volunteers along on Saturday along with our regular crew ,doing maintenance, litterpicking and watering all the bedding plants in the town . Saturday was completed with Strawberry and white chocolate scones from The Mulligan Room 😋😁🤗

Today and during the week. Watering the baskets and plant beds around town.Checking the dipper boxes under the bridge. Litterpicking. Maintenance at Bealick Mill. Grasscutting and verging at "The Bull" . More brackets for seating . Clearing the riverside walk. Scones from Armands . 👌🐝🐝🌅☀️💁‍♀️💁‍♂️😊

Busy day today with watering the flowers, works in Tiny Feet Fairy Garden Macroom. Trying out the new seats in the Reading area in the Fairy Garden and all finished with some delicious scones from The Mulligan Room 🌼🌼🧚🧚🧚

Our main highlight this week was the wonderfull breakfast provided once again for us, by Armands and the staff at The Mulligan Room .
This is aside from the bounty of blueberry scones we receive every Saturday! .
A lot of plant watering needed recently! . + the usual litter runs!
Once again thanks from Tiny Feet Fairy Garden Macroom. to all the massgoers who donated on Saturday and Sunday ⛪️🫓🥗👍🤩🥰😎