page_title: Tidy Towns (Ireland)
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Tidy Towns (Ireland) / Winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Public artwork, The Fairgreen, Westport/Cathair na Mart, near to Cathair na Mart, Mayo, Ireland. There are inscriptions in English &amp; Irish recording that Westport was a winner of Ireland&#39;s Tidy Towns competition. It won in 2001, 2006 &amp; 2008. &lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2069192"&gt;M0084&#160;: Public artwork (inscription in English), The Fairgreen, Westport/Cathair na Mart&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2069198"&gt;M0084&#160;: Public artwork (inscription in Irish), The Fairgreen, Westport/Cathair na Mart&lt;/a&gt;.
context_page_description: Tidy Towns is an annual competition, first held in 1958, organised by the Department of Rural and Community Development in order to honour the tidiest and most attractive cities, towns and villages in Ireland.
  The competition is organised on a national basis, and entrants must complete modules including Overall Developmental Approach, The Built Environment, Landscaping, Wildlife & Natural Amenities, Litter Control, Tidiness, Waste Minimisation, Residential Areas, Roads and Streets & Back Areas.
  The Competition is judged during the summer months by an independent adjudicator, who issues each town with a written report complimenting positive development and actions and providing positive suggestions on how the community can improve their general surroundings.
  This competition covers many aspects of environment and prizes are awarded to winners of all areas. Other than that, there's an overall winner which is named as "Ireland's Tidiest Town" which is announced at the end of competition every September.
  The 2020 competition was cancelled by Minister Michael Ring due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland for the first time in its history.
caption: Tidy Towns monument in Westport
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