Cobh Tidy Towns has been working to create a positive change in Cobh for many years. Cobh won its first bronze medal in the National Tidy Towns competition in 2011, placing it at 103 in the country. A silver medal win in 2012, 2013 and 2014 was followed by a Gold Medal win for Cobh in 2015.
This was only achieved by the support of the wider community. If everyone works together, Cobh is capable of winning the National Tidy Towns competition.
NORMAL ACTIVITIES OF COBH TIDY TOWNS
Grass cutting
Belvelly (opposite Castle)
Roadside, both sides (near Cobh Golf Club)
Opposite Cross River Ferry
Junction of Ballynoe Hill
The Rock
Grotto at Bayview
College Manor grass strip on Ticknock side
Grass strip opposite Aldi and Lidl
Cow Cross Junction
Old Church Cemetery old sections (with help of Probation Service)
Old Church Cemetery new section – ALL areas not accessible by tractor mower
Titanic Memorial Garden sloping bank (with help of Probation Service)
Weed control
Spray weeds on a continual basis on EVERY Road and footpath in Cobh (excluding Housing Estates)
Landscaping
Fund, supply and maintain
Cow Cross
Bank to side of Old Church Cemetery
Black Railings
One Flower bed Cobh Promenade
Sirius Arts Centre Garden
Long bed approaching Cross River Ferry from Cobh side
Carrigaloe boat feature, seaside bank and bridge approach
Landscaping
Maintenance
Opposite Cross River Ferry
Titanic Memorial Garden
“Hedge” cutting from Carrigaloe to Rushbrooke
“Hedge” cutting on Westview
Painting
All poles, bollards, railings and Victorian Lamposts – Annual painting
Seats within town – replaced boards and annual painting
Cast iron street name signs
Crash Barriers at Cross River Ferry and Ballywilliam
Promenade bandstand – 2014
Promenade small gates – 2014
Promenade main gate – 2014
Wall inside small gates of Promenade – 2014
Heritage Town Trail signs touch up – 2014
Gates to back lanes – 2014
Iron grave surround railings in Old Church Cemetery – ongoing
Sheds on Holyground foreshore – in 2014
Washing
All traffic and directional signs in Cobh Town and environs are washed annually
Promenade railings are washed annually
Large sections of pavement were power washed and chewing gum removed in 2012 and 2013
Infrastructure
Supplied and fitted 20 new litter bins (sponsored) – 2011, 2012
Funded, supplied, fitted and service 4 Dog Poo bag dispensers – 2013
Funded, supplied and fitted 20 new easy empty cigarette butt bins – 2013
Modified 15 existing cigarette butt bins to be easy empty
Funded, supplied and fitted 10 new Dog Waste bins
Placed decorative rail around raised flower beds on West Beach to stop people sitting on the flowers
Flower Displays
Fund, supply and maintain (water and feed)
Fota (near Belvelly Bridge)
Boat (near Castle)
On railings opposite Lidl
On poles at end Ticknock hill
On railings Ticknock Hill
Outside St. Colman’s Cemetery
On Velvet House Cross Roundabout
Hanging baskets on poles below Cathedral
Tubs below Cathedral
Sirius Arts Centre Garden
Hanging baskets in Cobh Railway Station
Tree planters at Cobh Railway Station
On railings approaching Cross River Ferry
Boat approaching Cross River Ferry
Tubs at Cross River ferry
Boat and Canoe at Carrigaloe
Boxes at bend before Belvelly and second IFI entrance
Flower Displays
Supply and maintain
Supervalu
Pillars of Cobh Heritage Centre
Deep Water Quay
Restoration
Promenade railings 2008/9/10 – €35,000
Replaced perspex in all Victorian lamps in 2013
Litter Control
The Rock – every Saturday and Sunday early morning
Sandymount/Old Street/West View/Bishop’s Road/Ticknock – every Saturday and Sunday early morning
Kennedy Pier – every Saturday and Sunday early morning
Burma Steps – every Saturday and Sunday early morning
Elmwood Grove/Newtown/Cathedral Car Park/Carrignafoy/Black Railings/Foreshore Cobh Town Centre/approach roads to Cobh from Belvelly is ongoing. Litter is never picked by anyone else
Foreshore at Carrigaloe, Cross River Ferry – once each month
Cody Tidy Towns was instrumental in Fota Wildlife Park “adopting” the Fota Road and paying a contractor over €5000 each year to pick litter on the road.
Stone wall reconstruction
Cow Cross 2010
Carrigaloe – 2011
Rushbrooke, High Road and West View – 2013
Lissaniskey – 2014
IFI environs 2014
Road Sweeper
Hired once each year by Cobh Tidy Towns and accompanied by three operatives with leaf blowers – €600 charge for 7 full hours.
Tree trimming
Dead trees removed and all other trees trimmed of dead and diseased branches and low branches. Shredded by Cobh Tidy Towns.
Commissions
Cobh Tidy Towns commissioned local artist Jack Hickey to paint the Titanic Mural on the Low Road in 2012 and the Jack Doyle Mural in 2013.
Community Pride
Cobh Tidy Towns has been a major contributor to a sense of pride in Cobh through the winning of bronze and silver medals in the National Tidy Towns competition.
We run annually the Cobh Tidy Districts competition in association with Cobh Credit Union
Pick one piece campaign