Wednesday 6th November
Councillor John Paul O’Shea has congratulated the successes of Milford and Mallow, who were two of five Cork County locations to be acknowledged at at the prestigious Pride of Place Awards. The annual competition acknowledges the work that communities are doing all over the island of Ireland.
Cork County Council had five community nominations in this year’s finals which took place at the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan on Saturday the 2nd of November.
Durrus won the award for areas with a population of between 300 and 1,000 people.
Milford was named runner-up in the areas with populations up to 300 people while Mallow Castle Development Committee was runner-up in the Inclusive Communities section.
Passage West Creates was nominated for Creative Communities with Together at the Castle shortlisted for Community Wellbeing Initiative.
The year was the 22nd year of the competition which is sponsored by IPB Insurance and run by Co-Operation Ireland. Communities are marked on oral presentations to the judges, exhibitions of community activities and culture as well as a tour of the area highlighting the aspects of which they are particularly proud.
Cllr. O’Shea said; “It is great to see our rural areas celebrated. Our communities have so much to be proud of especially the hard work and dedication of the countless volunteers who go that extra mile to make a difference in their local area. It is always heartening to see our villages, towns and community organisations be recognised and rewarded nationally.”
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