Hollyfort Development Group AGM

 

Hollyfort Development Group/Tidy Towns Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 24th May 2021 at 7.30pm

Get involved and join us on zoom by emailing us at hollyfortvillage@gmail.com and we will send you an invitation to attend the meeting.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Hollyfort Writers - Poetry Day 2021

 Although Hollyfort Writers could not meet in the Old School for health restrictions, they have been very active.

Read their latest pieces in the Poetry Day ezine.

Enjoy!

Facelift for Old School

 

In preparation for the 200 year anniversary of Hollyfort's Old School, the Tidy Towns have power-washed the stone building.

What a difference that has made!

We have also planted three large trees in the grounds to replace those which had to be cut down a few years ago.

Work continues on Mt Nebo Trail

 

Work continues on our accredited Mt Nebo Trail with the insertion of a large, possibly granite, boulder at the second entrance to Mt Nebo Trail.

This is to protect the walk from Quads and dumping of household waste and litter yet allows walkers ease of access to join the main trail.

National Tree Week 21 - 27 March '21

This year Hollyfort Tidy Towns are actively involved in National Tree Week. One of our Sustainable Development Goals is to plant more trees around the village and this year we have outdone ourselves. During Tree Week we are planting 20 trees and aim to plant another 10 during the year. We are grateful to a Pobal grant which enables us to complete this project.

 

Seasons of Sounds River Bann Hollyfort

 

Sounds of the river Bann filmed on my mobile over 9 months 20/21

I hope you enjoy it! Sounds clearer with plug-in earphones or even better, cast video to your TV.

Seasons of Sounds River Bann

National Spring Clean Sat 6th March 2021

Hollyfort's National Spring Clean Day is Saturday 6th March 2021.

Due to level 5 restrictions being extended, individual or household bubble clean-ups will only be carried out.

Refuse bags and  limited number of gloves available from Cooney's Shop nearer the time.

Your contribution during the National Spring Clean, however big or small, will have real and measurable benefits for our environment. For example:

For every aluminium can collected and recycled enough energy is saved to run your television for three hours!

For 1kg of recycled plastics collected, 1.5kg of carbon dioxide is prevented from being released to the atmosphere (the same amount of carbon dioxide released by toasting 30 slices of bread!

By recycling 1kg of paper instead of landfilling, enough energy is saved to run an energy-saving bulb non-stop for two days! For 1kg of recycled glass, the saving is 300g of carbon dioxide

Please help us to keep Hollyfort litter-free and take a photo for our Facebook page.