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CTT Fun...Fundraising Quiz 9th October 2026
Please support our Fun Fundraising Quiz and support keeping Castleknock Beautiful. Fundraising Fun Table Quiz - Castleknock Tidy Towns Date: Friday 9th October Venue: Castleknock Lawn Tennis Club, D15NY10 Book early! and pay for tables in advance text James on 0872253572 Love to see you there


Biodiversity Tour with OPW
Thanks to Tony from the OPW - Office of Public Works for facilitating the Biodiversity Tour through the Furry Glen for CTT. An enjoyable, informative, refreshing morning among the trees, finishing with some coffee and treats.


Saturday Clean Up 5th September '26
We emptied the planters and hanging baskets in the village. ---We separated the plants: some to be repotted in the polytunnel over the winter and the remainder plants for composting. ----We emptied some spent soil from the planters and put on the flower bed in the Parish Centre ----We refilled the planters with a mix of soil and CTT's home made mulch. Green recycling at its best.🥗💚 Lovely cakes and chat after! Well done everyone, a great morning's work


Silver Spoon sponsors CTTs Summer Party!
A huge shout out to Dara and the wonderful Silver Spoon cafe Team for sponsoring Castleknock Tidy Towns Summer Garden Party in July Thank you for the delicious freshly made wraps and sandwiches which were enjoyed by all our volunteers. From everyone at Castleknock Tidy Towns thank you for your generosity and continued support. We really appreciate businesses like yours that helps strengthen our community. Castleknock....a great community where local businesses and volunteers


Fix My Street September 2026
Thanks FCC Operations Department for reducing street clutter by removing the redundant “narrow street ahead” traffic sign on Beechpark Avenue following our request.


Fix My Street August 2026 - Thanks to FCC & CTTs Graffiti Volunteer!
Thanks to Fingal County Council operations department for responding to our requests. Also a big thank you to our volunteer for removing graffiti, stickers and cable ties. Every small action makes a big difference.


Litter Crew in Action every 2nd Tuesday
The Litter Crew is out every second Tuesday 10am to 11am. Here's a little sample of all the great work they do in keeping Castleknock Beautiful. Well done to our volunteers for their work again this week. Keeping the village litter free takes constant vigilance and many man (woman! ) hours. A few of them were able to enjoy a cuppa at the newly opened Goats Gruff. We're delighted to see a new business opening in Castleknock and wish them the best of luck 🍀. Remember.... if


Local Artists Making Castleknock Beautiful
Five traffic control cabinets have been beautifully painted by local artists. Thank you for all your super work and making such a difference to the community. Thank you to Dublin Canvas and Fingal County Council Public Art Office


Saturday Clean Up 25th, 31st July, 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd August
Volunteers made a big difference to Castleknock at the Saturday Clean Green Ups! Saturday 25th: Overgrowth cleared in four different areas. Old Navan Rd, Auburn Ave Green, Castleknock Road, Beechpark Ave. Saturday 1st August: We weeded cleared mulched watered Park Ave entrance orchard and flower bed and the pollinator bed outside silver spoon. We watered the plants at the back of Myos, Auburn Avenue orchard, the rose trees at the Phoenix Park gate and yesterday watered Park D


Saturday Clean Up 18th July '26
Great work from 18 Volunteers on Saturday. The Phoenix Park Gate pollinator bed was weeded, new plants planted. Three rose plants planted. Some nettles collected to make nettle fertiliser. Park Drive orchard trees watered and Polytunnel work. Thanks to Myos Castleknock. for providing the space to enjoy coffee tea and some home bakes


Saturday Clean Up 11th July '26
Great work today, everyone! ✨ Some volunteers got the "cool" job, working in the welcome shade of the trees where we harvested four one-tonne bags of mulch. 💚 Volunteers cleared weeds from the cobblelock around the planters at Myos, removed weeds along Castleknock Road, and planted climbing roses at Hyacinth House on College Road. 🌷 A fantastic morning of teamwork 💪 Thank you to all our volunteers


Castleknock Tidy Towns Volunteers Summer Garden Party!
What a wonderful way to celebrate our Castleknock Tidy Towns volunteers with our Summer Garden Party! 🌿☀️ A big thank you to Evelyn and James for so generously opening their beautiful garden for us to enjoy. This peaceful oasis, right in the heart of the village, provided the perfect setting to relax and celebrate together. We enjoyed delicious refreshments, beautiful music and, most importantly, the chance to pause after another busy Saturday morning to appreciate the incre


Saturday Clean Up 4th July '26
Thank you to everyone who helped today! 🌿🌸 Another fantastic morning of teamwork in Castleknock! The Silver Spoon planters were replanted and are now looking fresh and colourful once again. Our polytunnel also received a major summer tidy-up and reorganisation, making it an even better space for growing and nurturing plants. A special thank you to Pat for building the new shelving in the polytunnel—it has made a huge difference to the functionality of the space. The cobble


RESULTS Gardening Competition 2026
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT - Eco-friendly Garden Competition This year's Castleknock TidyTowns Annual Garden Competition celebrated eco-friendly gardening and the many ways residents are helping nature thrive. Entrants assessed their gardens against 12 eco-friendly actions, highlighting the sustainable features and biodiversity-friendly practices they have incorporated into their garden. The 2026 winners are: Winner: Paolo Carbone 8/12 First Runner Up: Alicia Falvey 7.5/12 Second R


Bike Stand Repaired
Great customer service as usual from Fingal Co Co Operations Department. Damaged bicycle parking bay upright reported yesterday, repaired today. 👏👍


Road Sign Replaced
FCC Operations Department responded promptly to our request to replace the missing road traffic sign from outside Castleknock Cottages on R806 Castleknock Road. 🙏👏


A Fresh Look for the Castleknock Nameplate
A huge thank you to Fingal Operations Department for promptly arranging the cleaning and repointing of the Castleknock stone nameplate at the junction of College Road and Carpenterstown Road. It looks fantastic. ✨


Castleknock welcomes Minister Buttimer to discuss Regeneration Funding
On 9 June, Castleknock welcomed @Minister Jerry Buttimer, Emer Currie TD - Dublin West , a number of County Councillors John Walsh, Siobhan Shovlin, Ted Leddy, Eimear Carbone-Mangan and Fingal County Council Officials for an important discussion with Castleknock Tidy Towns and the Castleknock Business Forum on securing access to Government regeneration funding schemes. Funding programmes such as the Town and Village Renewal Scheme play a vital role in turning community-led vi


Castleknock Tidy Towns Honoured to Attend the President's Community Day Garden Party
On behalf of Castleknock Tidy Towns, we were honoured and privileged to attend the Community Day Garden Party hosted by President Catherine Connolly, Uachtarán na hÉireann, and her husband, Brian McEnery, at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. It was a wonderful occasion, blessed with beautiful weather. Guests were invited to enjoy the magnificent house and grounds, meet and mingle with the President and her husband, listen to live musical performances, and enjoy gen


Saturday Clean Up 20th June'26
Thanks to everyone who lent a hand this morning. College Road is looking great! 🙌✨💚
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