General news 6/15

3 village planters replanted

Thanks Fingal County Council for replanting our 3-tier village planters this week. A mix of violas, cyclamens and heathers give lovely...

TidyTowns Groups in Fingal

Well done to all the TidyTowns groups across Fingal! Lovely to read on Fingal.ie that "all of the dedicated committees across Fingal were...

Castleknock Freecycle - growing fast!

Castleknock Freecycle, a Facebook page (site) which has launched for passing on preloved items within our local community. It already has...

Happy Halloween Castleknock!

Good job to the CTT volunteers, families, friends and supporters who enabled a 17-point increase in our TidyTowns competition entry this...

Castleknock Bat Survey '22

Almost forgot to tell you.... Back in August some CTT volunteers took part in the (citizen science) All-Ireland Daubenton’s Bat Waterways...

Planting at Ashleigh

Fingal County Council were also busy adding pollinator-friendly planting on Castleknock Road, outside Ashleigh. Will make a colourful...

Planting beside Phoenix Park Racecourse

Fingal County Council (FCC) recently planted pollinator-friendly beds next to the Castleknock sign on Castleknock Road beside Phoenix...

2023 CTT Castleknock Calendar

Our fabulous 2023 Calendar is now available! Get yours early this year. It contains lovely photographs of Castleknock and the surrounding...

N4/M50 Tunnel Transformation '22

Castleknock TidyTowns volunteers recently learnt new skills to transform the pedestrian walkway that links Castleknock to Blanchardstown...

CTT Fundraising Quiz Night 2022

On Wed 19th Oct at 8pm Myo's was at maximum quizzing capacity with 42 tables sold out. John and Fiona O'Kane had set the questions and...

Snowdrop Walk on Auburn Avenue

Many thanks to Change X (who recently funded another exciting project for CTT in Castleknock village). We have just purchased 3,000...

11 benches delivered - August 2022

The residential areas where benches were installed in 2022 include Beechpark Green (2), Park Avenue Green and entrance (3), Hadleigh...

New Pollinator Bed at Church Green

HUGE thank you to Fingal County Council for fulfilling our request for the planting of a pollinator-friendly bed at Church Green, off...

Calling Castleknock Amateur Photographers

Castleknock Tidy Towns Calendar 2023 Following the success of our CTT Calendar 2022, we are preparing the 2023 version and would like to...

Funding for Castleknock Heritage Trail

Great news. Just heard we have been allocated €23,400 in funding under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) to develop a...

New planting at Laurel Lodge

Good job FCC for the new planting at the entrance to Laurel Lodge. Thanks to Laurel Lodge Environmental Group (LLEG) and the volunteers...

Céile in Castleknock

Trad session at LIDL Plaza, Castleknock today. Great music from Slí Dhála Comhaltas, Dublin 15, impromptu céile dancing by passers by and...

1,000+ Tree planting project update

Lovely to see our tree planting efforts doing so well. The two open orchards are very popular with the local community. Little apple buds...

BIN YOUR GUM, WHEN YOU'RE DONE

Last week Evelyn Pender CTT met up with Sinéad Fox, Environmental Awareness Officer at FCC at the BIN YOUR GUM awareness campaign held at...

Fairhaven Cedar Planting

Well done to the residents of Fairhaven who are doing a terrific job in their development. They have just planted a specimen Cedar tree...

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