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Award-Winning Estate Competition 2026

Clane Tidy Towns is delighted to announce the launch of Clane’s Award Winning Estates competition 2026. This year, we are trialling an exciting new initiative: support for estate Mini-Projects. All of this is possible thanks to the generous support of Clane Project Centre.

The competition is designed to help recognize the great work that residents put into maintaining their Residential Areas. All estates – new and established – are encouraged to enter.

For all of this year’s details, including information on our Mini-Projects Scheme and what the judges look for, please see our Entry Pack below. Entry forms can be submitted online below, or by printing and filling out the form at the end of the Entry Pack and handing to any member of the Tidy Towns committee. Please submit your entries by May 31st to be sure to be in time for judging.

The national competition places much emphasis on Sustainability and on Wildlife, so we are particularly interested to hear any steps you may be taking to encourage these. E.g. reduced mowing, allowing mini-meadows to develop, composting of cuttings for reuse, avoiding pesticides, and planting of native species. Please see the entry pack below for more information.

Clane Award Winning Estates Entry Pack 2026Download

Online Entry Form

    Estate Name (required)

    Contact Name (required)

    Contact Address (required)

    Contact Email (required)

    Contact Telephone Number (required)

    If there are any recent initiatives or future plans you wish to bring to the judges attention please summarise them here:

    Mini-Project Scheme

    If you would like to apply for support for a mini-project in your estate this year, please describe the project here:

    Please describe the location of the mini-project in your estate:

    Please summarise the total estimated costs of the mini-project:

    Please summarise the funding you are requesting for this mini-project

    Clane Tidy Towns 2023 up and running!

    Plant Swap & Award-Winning Estates results revealed

    Clane Tidy Towns launched their 2023 campaign this morning at the Abbey with a well-supported plant swap and the announcement of Clane’s award-winning estates.

    People from Clane and beyond brought and swapped plants of all shapes and sizes. The sun shone, holly blue butterflies danced and an early swallow sang overhead.

    Clane Tidy Towns organise the annual estates competition to recognise the wonderful efforts of residents and resident’s associations, and this year the following estates were announced as Award-Winning:

    Representatives from some of Clane’s Award-Winning Estates
    • Otomy Lawns/Drive/Close
    • Hillview Heights and Hillview Green
    • Loughbollard
    • Oatfield Park and Close
    • The Cloisters
    • Mainham Wood
    • Brooklands
    • Parkview
    • Capdoo Park

    The judges wished to highlight two Outstanding Estates. The estates they deemed to be Outstanding were:

    Representatives of Clane’s Outstanding Estates
    • Abbey Park
    • Central Park and Churchfield

    Congratulations to everyone who contributed to making all our estates looking so well, and look out for details of our 2023 competition in the coming months.

    Weather permitting Clane Tidy Towns will start its regular evening cleanups every Monday now at 7pm, meeting at the Abbey. Project work will occur on Saturday mornings as needed. Please drop down any Monday to find out more and get involved. This is Clane Tidy Town’s 50th year and with your support we all look forward to a most rewarding and enjoyable year ahead!

    Clane Tidy Towns Award Night

    Clane Tidy Towns Logo - 2013Clane Tidy Towns held their annual awards night on Friday 17th October last where the winners of their Best Kept Estates and Best Presented Premises competitions – generously sponsored by Clane Project Centre – were unveiled.

    Clane Tidy Towns founding member Tony McEvoy compered the evening. John Kennedy, Chairman of Clane Community Council, congratulated the Tidy Towns team and everyone that contributed to their efforts on a wonderful year. It was a remarkable year for Clane took home its first medal in the National Tidy Towns competition, a bronze, a wonderful achievement for which everyone should be proud.

    Tony then listed some of the local businesses, organisations, clubs and individuals that had contributed to this years success. This assistance was supplemented by the great work of the residents and their residents’ associations, as visible through their efforts in the Best Kept Estate competition.

    The prizewinners were announced by Tidy Towns team member Jeanette Drumm, and presented by Ted Murray of Clane Project Centre, the generous sponsors of the competition.

    The winners of the Best Kept Estates competition 2014 are:

    Small Estates:
    1 – College Grove
    2 – Mainham Wood

    Medium Sized Estates:
    1 – Park View
    2 – Otomy Estate

    Large Estates:
    1 – Central Park & Churchfield
    2 – Abbey Park
    3 – Joint winners Alexandra Walk & Park and Brooklands

    The winner of the 2014 Clane Best Presented Premises competition is

    KARE Centre on the Celbridge Road

    A sincere thank you to all the estates that participated in the competition, and to everyone that has contributed in any way to Clane’s Tidy Towns efforts.

    Clane Tidy Towns Award Night, and Person of the Year 2012

    October 30th was the annual Awards Night for Clane Tidy Towns, with the eagerly awaited results announced for the 2012 Best Kept Estates and Best Presented Premises competitions.

    With a record 21 local estates entering, prizes were awarded for Small, Medium and Large estate categories. Generously sponsored by Clane Project Centre, and supported on the night by local businesses Manzors, Doolans and P J Wallaces, the well deserving winners of Best Kept Estates were:

    Small Estates:

    • 1st Prize College Grove,
    • 2nd Prize Mainham Wood.

    Medium Estates:

    • 1st Prize Park View,
    • 2nd Prize Alexandra Park.

    Large Estates:

    • 1st Prize Abbey Park,
    • 2nd Prize Central Park and Churchfield,
    • 3rd Prize jointly awarded to Loughbollard and Alexandra Walk.

    All estates that entered received a voucher to go some way towards recognizing the very valuable contribution they all make towards making Clane, our home, look so well.

    Launched just a few years ago, the winner of the Best Presented Premises 2012 was also announced. This year the accolade went to Marron’s Pharmacy, and Lord Mayor of Clane Dessie Marron was delighted to receive the award.

    The night was also the occasion when the identity of Clane Person of the Year, 2012, was revealed. This year Clane Community Council decided to award it not to an individual, but to an organization they felt embodies so much of what is good about Clane, and which truly demonstrates the deeper meaning of the word Community. Clane Person of the Year was awarded to the Clane Conference of Saint Vincent de Paul, and their President Austin Daly was honored to accept it on behalf of the 20 or so volunteers that work so hard for this tremendous organization, now supporting over 110 families in the immediate area. Special mention was also made of Moira Fogarty who could not be there on the night, but who has played such a key role in the organization since it’s inception over 28 years ago. Our sincere congratulations and gratitude to these very worthy winners.

    Congratulations to our Best Kept Estates and Premises

    On Monday October 17th the winners of Clane Best Kept Estates and Best Presented Premises were announced to an eager audience. With a record 21 local estates entering the competition, 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes were awarded for large, medium and small estates. The winners are all listed here, and congratulations to all estates that entered this years competition.

    The recently inaugurated Best Presented Premises award this year went to Heavenly Shoes and Accessories, on Main Street.

    Nick Fitzgerald, Chairman of Clane Community Council, thanked everyone who helped in any way with Clane’s Tidy Towns efforts, and encouraged people to get involved in whatever way they could. Mr. Ted Murray, Chairman of Clane Project Centre, generous sponsers of the awards, congratulated all involved and was delighted to see the competition going from strength to strength.

    Clane Community Awards – and the winners are…

    On Monday 18th October Clane Tidy Towns and Clane Community Council held their annual awards night in Manzor’s, Clane. It was a packed night, with some of our leading young sports men and women recognised, and the winners of the Clane Tidy Estates competition, Best Presented Premises, and Clane Person of the Year were all announced… Continue reading →