by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Oct 18, 2020 | News
Article from thejournal.ie The author: Orla Dwyer @orladwyer_ orladwyer@thejournal.ie ‘I would have been lost without it’: Older volunteers say Tidy Towns has been a lifeline during lockdown Volunteers said the amount of litter has been...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Oct 18, 2020 | News
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Oct 15, 2020 | News
PLACES TO GO…..THINGS TO DO John, Adrian and AnthonyHeading to work on Wednesday morning. MORE CHANGES As and from midnight Thursday, visiting other homes is no longer permitted for the entire country. For now, the only household visits will be to care for a family...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Oct 12, 2020 | News
Great photo kindly sent in to us…..Confirmation in Ballincollig in 1961Girls L-R.. Kitty Kelly, Frances Murphy, Mary Gaffney, May Kenny, Patsy Barrett…Boys R-L.. Brian Gaffney, Denis Dwyer(RIP), Donal Ahern and George...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Oct 8, 2020 | News
A 1916 RISING OF OUR OWN Back in 2016 Ballincollig Tidy Towns put a 1916 rising of a very different kind in place. One thousand nine hundred and sixteen spring bulbs were planted in an area near the Allotment to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising. However,...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Oct 1, 2020 | News
DOWN MEMORY LANE This wonderful picture was very kindly sent to us by Patricia. Taken in the early 1950s, it shows the boys and girls on their confirmation day. Her sister, Margaret Barrett, is the girl directly behind the Bishop and her brother Michael is second from...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Sep 29, 2020 | News
On the 28th of September 1998 in a national re-organising of the Defence Forces, Murphy`s Army Barracks in Ballincollig closed. All personnel were transferred to Collins Barracks in Cork...
by Ballincollig Tidy Towns | Sep 24, 2020 | News
CALLING OUR YOUTH Over the past number of years, Ballincollig Tidy Towns has been lucky to have Gaisce Participants from the local Secondary Schools join the Weekly Litter Pick as part of the programme. These young people have made a significant difference to the...
