State street staff are working to keep Kilkenny Beautiful and have joined with KKB in arranging a number of spring cleans as Kilkenny prepared for the 2022 Tidy Town competition.
Congratulation to all who recently came out for a big clean up during May .
KKB welcomes Nationwide to our beautiful city to showcase some of our many environmental and biodiversity projects currently underway.
What a treat it was to get back out and enjoy the St Patrick’s weekend here in Kilkenny. Wonderful weather and a great atmosphere.Congratulations to all who took part and for the organisation of the event. Both the Parade and Canal square were packed with visitors enjoying the music food and amusements.
The fireworks display was also fantastic.
Congratulations to Ennis as national winner in 2021 with 355 points. We as a tidy towns committee understand the extent of effort and commitment that was required by the hardworking Ennis committee to achieve this award. Congratulations also to Kilsheelan in the highly contested Southeast award who achieved 353 points.
Kilkenny were joint 4th overall in the national Tidytowns competition with a score of 351 points. Great credit to all our current and past volunteers for getting us up to this level , retaining our gold medal status and moving up a further 9 pts.
For our full report click here for report
the Adjudicators concluding remarks noted
Kilkenny is a beautiful historic city, and you are commended for the wonderful work you have done over the years in keeping it looking its best. We look forward to receiving your application in 2022
The second round adjudication noted ( visit date 04/09/2021)
We enjoyed The Parade Outdoor Market on the day of adjudication. It was great to see the local food markets and exhibitions on such a busy day. This area surrounding the castle was litter free and is well presented. We admired the planters on the street and hanging baskets on the lamp posts. This area also has plenty of outdoor seating
which is so functional particularly on market day. Skate Park is a significant recreational amenity in the city for all to enjoy.
We noted the provision of additional outdoor seating areas in the Market Yard and Parliament Street in addition to the bins. We are pleased to see the wildflower area at Kilkenny Castle and we noted the Windgap Hill Amenity Area with outdoor seating on the Dublin road entering the city.
The wild flowers on the KK Ring road are eye catching and colourful. We could see the work that has gone into reducing grass cutting and verge management which will benefit the pollinators. There are many shop fronts in the city centre maintained to a high standard.
We admired The World’s End and E. Connell on John Street. The Kilford Arms Hotel and Bridie’s General Store are also eye catching and presented well. We commend you on keeping the city centre litter free.
We noted the absence of litter in smaller areas also such as St. Mary’s Lane. The street signage in the city centre is of a high standard and we were impressed with the area outside of the The Left Bank. The large Roman numeral clock on the building next to ‘The Field’ is impressive in addition to the hanging planters outside The Field and AIB
on High Street.
We were pleased with the standard of the approach roads. Bennetsbridge roundabout on the Dublin road is welcoming and we liked the planters and its overall appearance.
Thanks to all the volunteers who came out to clean up st Patrick’s historic graveyard. the works included trimming back bushes and weeding the gravel path that meanders through the graveyard. the NIAH notes “A picturesque graveyard containing a collection of markers of artistic design significance exhibiting high quality stone masonry. A number of markers dating to the late seventeenth century represent an important element of the archaeological heritage of Kilkenny while serving as a reminder of the mass house, later a Catholic chapel that existed on site until the late eighteenth century”
For further information on the many historic grave stones within the grave yard see link- click here Kilkenny Archaeological society
The inaugural Kilkenny day event was enjoyed in bright sunshine throughout Kilkenny over the weekend. KKB had a stand on the parade. 
As part of Kilkenny Day events 2021 why not check out the colourful Cat Walk in Kilkenny. Hosted by Kilkenny Civic Trust, this is a fantastic arts trail? 19 of the 21 sculptures are photographed under. Two are still to be found!.
The 2021 CBS Green schools committee was introduced to the Kilkenny citizen science small stream macro invertebrate monitoring scheme at the river Breagagh this September. Ann Phelan regional coordinator of LAWPRO, Green schools TY coordinator Peter Mulhall, Pat Boyd chairperson KKB and Tom Turley of KKB.
The Kilkenny cityCitizen science invertebrate monitoring scheme has been undertaken over the last two years with baseline information already in place. It is therefore possible to monitor water quality on an ongoing basis.
KKB hosted a truce day commemoration event at the Closh on the 11th July 2021.
This included a flag Raising and Tree Planting Event. this was the first action
in the creation of a GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE & REFLECTIONcommemorating the War of Independence and in particular the role played by women.
see also the separate page project page
Congratulations to our many volunteer pods who are keeping safe while they continue to work locally through out our city. also see our Facebook and twitter. Why not join one of our groups.
