Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced a series of measures, including the temporary closure of schools, colleges and childcare facilities, to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak.

Hollyfort Tidy Towns has decided to postpone upcoming events posted on this blog until further notice.

Hollyfort's Spring Flowers Survey

Hollyfort is helping the NBDC (Nat Biodiversity Data Centre) in its survey on spring flowers.

Members of Tidy Towns are contributing to this survey by submitting records of the 14 most common spring flowering plants they see around the Hollyfort area.

You can get involved too by recording your sightings.
It's easy to register. Check it out here

There are many different surveys you can join such as recording hedgehogs or butterflies. Get involved in recording the biodiversity of your area. It's fun!

Hollyfort Writers Launched

Hollyfort Tidy Towns is pleased to announce the launch of Hollyfort Writers. The first ever writers group in Hollyfort  meets fortnightly on a Thursday evening in the Old School.

So successful is the group that it reached its full membership on the first night. If you require information on Hollyfort Writers, email hollyfortvillage@gmail.com

Faces of Hollyfort

Story of a village in photographs

We are delighted to introduce you to our latest and most exciting Hollyfort Tidy Towns’ project ‘Faces of Hollyfort’. This is a community-based project which is both historical and creative. It has been proposed by photographers Joe Dixon (Gorey) and Jacinta McGovern (Hollyfort) who have kindly offered their services.

This is a 3 stage project:

Stage 1 : to record the life of Hollyfort Village through photographic portraits of people who live in or around Hollyfort, or even visit or work here. The photos will be taken in Hollyfort’s Old School and an exhibition of the photographs will take place in May 2020.

Stage 2 : Environmental Photography classes in the Old School, that is, how to take photographs of people in Hollyfort in their environment, for example, at work, or at leisure. This is planned for summer 2020.

Stage 3 : ‘Hollyfort: Environmental Photography’ competition based around Hollyfort and its environs. It is open to all and the best photographs will form the basis of a book which will be an historical record of Hollyfort Village at work and play. 

This is an unique opportunity to be part of the historical documentation of Hollyfort people, whether you have lived here all your life, or have recently moved in. 

Be Part of Hollyfort’s Story!

Contact Carol 0851138367 or

           Jacinta 0876744657

Bees for Beginners

Hollyfort has six beehives almost ready for honeybees.

If you would like to learn about bees and beekeeping come along to our Introduction to Beekeeping with Dave Mulvaney on Saturday morning 14th March from 10 to 11 am in Hollyfort Old School.


Dave is a resident of Hollyfort and a qualified beekeeper, and has kindly offered to run a FREE Introduction to Beekeeping session, in association with Hollyfort Tidy Towns.

This one-hour taster session will help you decide if you would like to join his course on beekeeping later in the spring.

Contact Carol Boland on 0851138367 to reserve your place or just turn up.

Tip of the Month - Plant bidens for the Bumblebees

Bumblebees are dying of hunger and in grave danger of disappearing from Ireland's countryside and gardens.

The population of the most common bumblebees has plummeted by 14 pc in just seven years and a third of our 21 species are critically endangered.

We keep tidying up nature so we have lots of grassland and parkland with no dandelions or clover or other wildflowers and the bumblebees die of hunger.

'Petunias, begonias, primulas and most of the bedding plants we like so much are useless as sources of nectar . . If we could get people to plant bidens and bacopas, it would really help,' says Dr Una Fitzpatrick, who runs the bumblebee monitoring scheme for the National Biodiversity Data Centre.

Source: Independant.ie

Leave No Trace Ireland

Hollyfort is now a member of Leave No Trace Ireland, Ireland’s only outdoor ethics programme, which promotes the responsible use of the outdoors. Through education, research and partnerships, Leave No Trace Ireland enables and supports individuals, communities, organisations and companies in reducing the environmental impact of outdoor activities.

Let’s protect and enjoy our natural world together

https://www.leavenotraceireland.org/