Clane Tidy Towns and Clane Community Council are delighted to announce that the annual awards night will be held this year in Manzors Pub at 8:30pm on Monday October 18th.
Tidy-Towns – the results are out!
We are delighted to see the national Tidy Towns competition results are out, and that Clane has built on its recent successes, increasing its score by a further 2 points from 261 to 263. The Tidy Town Committee would like to thank everyone who helped contribute to our campaign in 2010. Some of the businesses, schools, estates, groups and individuals who have contributed have been specifically acknowledged by the adjudicator. Read on for all the details…
Spraoi 2010
Look out for the Clane Community Council stand at Spraoi 2010. Find out more about Clane Person of the Year, the work of the various subcommittees, Clane Tidy Towns, our Heritage, and more. Following the success of last year we are holding another free quiz, but with a twist. It’s on Sunday September 12th starting 1:30 pm in the Church car park off Main Street. We look forward to seeing you there!!
Finches…
Some of the most colourful birds that can be seen around Clane are the finches, and many of them are attracted to garden bird feeders in the winter…
Wild About Clane Photo Competition
In 2009 Clane Tidy Towns ran a “Wild About Clane” photo competition. The independent judges have met and after considerable deliberations the results are in…Clane Tidy Towns are delighted to announce that the winners of the recent photo competition are Aine O’Neill, Rua Rogan and Jessica Doran for the younger entries and Barbra Hackett, Ger Perdisatt and Matt Hayes among the adults…
Birds of Prey…
You don’t have to go very far to see amazing birds of prey in Ireland: there are three species of raptor that can regularly be seen in and around our town…
Thrushes…
After the swallow-like birds head off to Africa, did you know that other birds fly into Clane to ‘enjoy’ our winter weather?
Most of our winter visitors come from the Arctic, places where the winter weather is extremely harsh. Many of these visitors are thrushes – usually medium-sized brownish birds with spotted bellies – and several types of thrushes can be found in Clane…
Swallow-like birds…
There are four swallow-like birds that migrate to Ireland for the summer, and all four can be seen in and around Clane. The swallow, house martin, sand martin and swift all make the tremendous journey to breed here all the way from Sub-Saharan and Southern Africa…