1st Anniversary
Today is the 1st Anniversary of swinfordtidytowns.com. The site went live on the 6th of May 2012 and it took a couple of days to build the website, with the first post going out on this day, 9th May 2012. The site is hosted locally in Swinford by Chris Toner. We have...
One Million Trees In One Day
As mentioned in a previous post, the one million trees in one day project had to be postponed due to a lack of funding. From what I can gather from various forums about the project, it has been said that 3 major funders backed out of the project at the very last...
One Million Trees In One Day Postponed
The one million trees in one day project which was to take place on Friday and Saturday has had to be postponed. Due to a lack of funding the project could not be completed in full. Swinford Tidy Towns had a large number of trees of various varieties on order from the...
One Million Trees In One Day – 4 Days To Go
Only 4 days to go to the one million trees in one day project. We are still looking for some volunteers for the project. If you have a spade and a few hours to spare this Friday or Saturday to help out with the planting, please contact any committee member. You can...
One Million Trees in One Day Project
Swinford Tidy Towns are taking part in the "One Million Trees in One Day Project" which will be taking place on Friday 26th & Saturday 27th April. Late last year Swinford Tidy Towns applied to take part in the project, and after undertaking an extensive survey...
Wednesday Evening Clean Up Resumed
With the clocks now gone forward to summertime, we have resumed our Wednesday evening clean up from this evening. We will meet as usual at 7pm at the "No Name Club" on Chapel street and continue every Wednesday evening, while the evenings are long. First job up was...
National Spring Clean Good Friday
Swinford Tidy Towns would like to say a huge "Thank You" to 24th Mayo Swinford Scouts who took part in our National Spring Clean on Good Friday. We would also like to thank all the tidy towns volunteers that showed up to help out on the day. 61 hardy volunteers...
An Taisce National Spring Clean
Swinford Tidy Towns will again be taking part in this years An Taisce annual National Spring Clean. We had a very successful clean up last year in the national spring clean, with the help of 24th Mayo Swinford Scout Troop along with some very famous face's as...
St Patrick’s Day Parade Swinford 2013
Swinford Tidy Towns won 1st prize in "The most original" category in this years 62nd annual St Patrick's Day Parade. You can view all the photos here. Swinford Tidy Towns presented with 1st prize for "The Most Original" category to Deirdre Fahey by Mr Francis Brennan...
St Patrick’s Day Swinford 62nd Annual Parade
This Sunday 17th of March will be the 62nd annual St Patrick's Day Parade to be held in Swinford. The very first Parade was held in Swinford way back in 1952 and has continued every year ever since without fail! The theme for this years St Patrick's Day Parade is,...
New Mural at Chapel Street
Swinford Tidy Towns committee would like to say a huge thank you to Varina Mc Nicholas, for undertaking the project of desiging and painting the new mural at Chapel Street in Swinford. We would also like to thank Therese Hennigan who gave her time to help Varina....
WEEE Ireland Public Collection Days in Mayo
WEEE Ireland organises and promotes public collection events of waste electrical and electronic equipment (weee) and waste batteries. Any household item with a plug or battery will be accepted at these collection events – from large items such as fridges, dishwashers...
New Recycling Bank at Tesco Swinford
New recycling bank at Tesco Swinford Tesco Swinford last week installed a new Recycling Bank at the entrance of their car park. Due to the huge number of Swinford residents now recycling their household waste on a regular basis, the two existing Recycling Banks were...
One Million Trees in One Day
One Million Trees in One Day have confirmed the dates when this project will take place. The planting of the trees will take place on Friday 22nd March and Saturday 23rd March. Swinford Tidy Towns Committee put in an application and our project was approved last...
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