The Tidy Towns awards has been running for the last 44 years. In that time many towns and villages throughout the country have been awarded the status of tidiest town/village. Keadue entered the competition about 20 years ago. Over the years Keadue has done itself proud on many occasions. Winning the Tidiest town in Ireland in 1993 was only the beginning.
Many times this little village has scored well in what is a tough competition. With over 700 towns/villages competing, the competition is nail-biting. To Learn more about the history of the Tidy Towns Awards etc. visit the organisation behind the Competition. http://www.eviron.ie under the what's new section - or by calling The Tidy Towns Unit Department of the Environment and Local Goverment,
Tel: 888 2300/2301, Fax: 01 888 2286 or
E-mail : karen_higgins@environ.irlgov.ie or geraldine_norton@irlgov.ie

Keadue picked up 4 Awards this year. They are as follows:

I. GOLD MEDAL WINNER ( 3RD TIME ) Category A - The Built Environment. The Village / Town which reaches Gold Medal status recieves an award of 650 Euros and a Gold Medal.
	II. WATERSIDE AWARD - LOUGH MEELAGH / MINERS WALK - Overall Winners of National Environment and Lakeside Award. An Award of 650 Euros is presented to the town or village which, in the adjudicators' opinion, makes the best effort to preserve and enhance its water frontage, the approaches to it and the surrounding amenities. ( Photo By: Padraig Noone )
III. NATIONAL TIDY TOWNS COMPETITION WINNER - 266 Marks. ( 2nd Place ) Only 1 point behind National Overall winner; Castletown with 267 points. "Caring for our environment" Keadue, Co. Roscommon - ( See below for breakdown of Marks ) ( Photo By: Padraig Noone )
	IV. IRELAND WEST REGIONAL AWARD - An award of 1,300 Euros and commemorative plaque will be presented to the County Award winner securing the highest mark in each Tourism Region. ( Photo By: Padraig Noone )
V. COUNTY AWARD ( ROSCOMMON ) - An Award of 520 Euros and framed certificate will be presented to the town or village securing the highest mark in each county. The highly commended and commended entries in each county will receive awards of 400 Euros and 260 Euros, respectively and a framed certificate.

Tidy Towns 2002
"Caring for our environment"

Centre :	KEADUE
County :	ROSCOMMON
Category :	A

Results Date of Adjudication : 22 - 06 - 2002

	Maximum Mark	Mark Awarded 2002	Mark Awarded 2001
Overall Development Approach :	50	44	43
The Built Environment :	40	32	31
Landscaping :	40	38	37
Wildlife and Natural Amenities :	30	26	26
Litter Control :	40	39	39
Tidiness :	20	18	18
Residential Areas :	30	25	24
Roads, Streets and Back Areas :	40	35	34
General Impression :	10 _____	9 _____	9 _____
TOTAL MARK :	300	266	261

Special Credit must go to the people of Keadue for their outstanding achievement in this National Tidy Towns Competition. A special commendation should go to Padraig Noone and Peter McNiff without who's totally voluntary work throughout the year Keadue would almost certainly not have won any award of any description.

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