Roscommon Town has been nominated to participate in Ireland’s Best Kept Towns Competition 2024 in the Best Kept Large Town category. Two entrants from SuperValu TidyTowns, along with one entrant from the Best Kept Awards, will be in the running for this award.
Ireland’s Best Kept Towns Competition is an all-island initiative organised jointly by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Northern Ireland Amenity Council. Participation is based on a town’s performance in the SuperValu TidyTowns or the Northern Ireland Amenity Council’s ‘Best Kept Awards’ in the previous year.
Adjudication takes place during the month of May and the results will be announced at an awards ceremony in Belfast in June, subject to confirmation. The judging criteria is similar to that of the SuperValu TidyTowns competition. Adjudication is based solely on these criteria and no entry form is required.
There are four awards in this year’s competition – Best Kept Village, Best Kept Small Town, Best Kept Large Town, and Best Kept Large Urban Centre, with one of these going on to take the overall prize of Ireland’s Best Kept Town 2024.
Roscommon Town last participated in Ireland’s Best Kept Towns Competition back in 2016 when, despite a strong showing, the town was unsuccessful in winning an award.
This year, Roscommon Town will be judged in both Ireland’s Best Kept Town in May and the National Tidy Towns Competition during June, July and August.
Roscommon Tidy Towns Association is calling on all residents and businesses to support the town during the adjudication periods.
As both periods coincide with the upcoming Local Elections, Roscommon Tidy Towns Association would like to appeal to all election candidates to adopt poster-free campaigns within Roscommon Town and environs for the upcoming Local Elections which will greatly assist efforts to hopefully bring home the title of Ireland’s Best Kept Town.
