Hop along on Friday, 18th April 2025 and join us for an eggciting Easter hunt along Delgany's Fairy Trail!
Please note this is a ticketed event and we recommend pre-booking as we will not be able to cater for walk-ins on the day.
Book a ticket for your little one on one of the allocated time slots for this event in advance.
Adults do not need to book a ticket.
Two sessions will run for 1 hour between 11am and 1pm.
Tickets are €3 (Maxiumum purchase - 3 tickets).
Book your ticket here.
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Spring Clean Weekend taking place on April 12th & 13th, from 10am-1pm each day.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
Meeting at 10am each day at Old Burial Ground.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring and use any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
If you would like to volunteer just turn up on a day that suits or register your attendance here.
Pick up a FREE bee friendly plant for your garden or balcony this weekend. 🌸💜🌱🐝
📍Find us outside the Old HSE building, Delgany Village.
⏰ This Saturday, February 22nd, from 10am until stocks last.
We have a limited amount of plants available so we recommend you arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Follow us on Facebook or our Instagram page for further updates.
📧 If you would like to learn more about ways you can volunteer or would like to be added to our mailing list drop us a line at delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Our first Newsletter of 2025 has just hit the newsstands!
Read our reasons to LOVE February and learn how you can get involved here.
Receive our newsletters directly into your inbox. Email delganytidytowns@gmail.com with your contact details, we will add you to our volunteer mailing list and WhatsApp Group.
GIVE BACK IN 2025. Join us to help keep Delgany looking its best.
We want to keep Delgany looking great all year round for residents and visitors alike. Delgany Tidy Towns is a team of volunteers who help in many different areas such as litter picking, weeding, planting, sweeping, fundraisers and more.
Tidy Towns is a great initiative to help towns and communities to come together to ensure their towns are great places to live in, work in and visit. We are looking for new volunteers to join us in 2025 - even if you only have 30 minutes to spare every now and again, every little helps!
If you are interested in getting involved or learning more join us on Monday, January 20th at 7pm in the Carmelite Monastery Delgany.
Cannot make it on the 20th? Email delganytidytowns@gmail.com with your contact details, we will add you to our volunteer mailing list and WhatsApp Group.
Celebrating a milestone with Laillí de Buitléar
Last weekend marked a special celebration as we celebrated our cherished volunteer, Laillí de Buitléar turning 91!
Surrounded by family, neighbours and friends, the event held at the Carmelite Monastery was a joyous occasion honoring a truly remarkable woman.
We are truly privileged to have Laillí as part of our Tidy Towns group. Her contributions and spirit continue to enrich our community, and her 91st birthday celebration was a testament to all she has done for Delgany. Here’s to many more wonderful years with Laillí, from all your Tidy Town friends.
Delgany Tidy Towns would like to thank everyone who contributed towards our event for Laillí. Dooleys Auctioneers, Lowick Homes, Cedar Building Company, The Horse & Hound, The Wicklow Arms, Farrelly’s Butchers, The Grocer, Centra Delgany, Bear Paw for their scrumptious sandwiches and a special shout out to June, who pulled the whole thing together.
Photos Greystones Guide
Thank you Sheena!
Delgany Tidy Towns would like to wish Sheena, our former Heritage Officer and clean up coordinator extraordinaire all the best on her retirement from our Tidy Town committee.
Sheena’s contribution and commitment to Tidy Towns can be seen throughout the village, from the Delgany Heritage Trail, Fairy walk and our fantastic online Heritage database, which can be viewed here.
Monday night was Sheena’s final committee meeting and her advice and local knowledge will be sadly missed. Thanks for everything Sheena!
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Chairperson to join our tidy towns team.
As our groups chairperson you will be responsible for the following kind of tasks:
Chairing and leading our regular bi monthly meetings (including our AGM), to discuss the running of the group and making sure decisions are made collectively.
The Chairperson is the main contact for our tidy towns group and liaises with Wicklow County Council and other local groups on our behalf
Work with fellow committee members to maintain standards and introduce new initiatives so that we can be more effective as a group.
Support committee to recruit volunteers.
Leading role in coordinating activities for the group such as clean ups and events.
We recommend you take a look at the official Tidy Towns Guide book to learn more about what is involved when volunteering with a Tidy Town Group - https://www.tidytowns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/General-Information.pdf
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
Give a welcome hand and make a difference in Delgany village.
If you are interested in this voluntary role email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Would you like to help address the challenge of climate change at a local level? 🌍🌡️
Climate change is a key challenge for all of us, and we must act now, particularly in the interests of future generations. We must ensure that what we do today does not compromise Delgany’s environment, but instead enhances it and makes it a place where all generations, current and future, can live in a sustainable way.
As a response to this challenge Delgany Tidy Towns has set up our own Climate Action Group. Keith, our acting Climate Action Officer with the help of our newly appointed Biodiversity Officer, Saorise, are looking for volunteers to help and support them initiate innovative ways to address the challenge of climate change locally.
If you are interested in getting involved and supporting this group email Keith & Saoirse at dtt.climateaction@gmail.com.
Interested in sharing your sustainability knowledge?
You do not need to be an expert, just someone with a passion or interest in getting people to be more sustainable.
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Voluntary Sustainability Officer to join our tidy towns team.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns champion sustainability across the village. Working closely with fellow committee members, local residents and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less.
Min Hours: 2 hours monthly.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns as follows:
Champion sustainability across the village.
Working closely with fellow committee members, residents, and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less
Collaborate with neighbouring tidy town biodiversity activities.
Highlight sustainable practices across the village.
Attend our committee meetings, which take place every 2 months
Help and support the committee with other activities and clean-up days.
We recommend you take a look at the official Tidy Towns Guide book to learn more about what is involved when volunteering with a Tidy Town Group - https://www.tidytowns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/General-Information.pdf
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in this voluntary role and have a passion for creating a more sustainable community email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
The 2024 TT results are in 🥁 🥁....15 more points!
349 Tidy Town points for Delgany!
Thank you to everyone who continue to support us and most importantly a HUGE THANKS to our wonderful volunteers.
Delgany Tidy Towns Village Clean Up September 2024
The Village has never looked better thanks to last Saturday’s clean-up! We are so grateful for our volunteers who worked so hard last weekend and who continue to help us keep Delgany clean and green. Our before and after pictures speak for themselves so THANK YOU SO MUCH! 👏❤️🙌
🤟We also want to give a shout out to the Wicklow Arms for providing our volunteers with some well earned post clean up soup. It definitely hit the spot, thank you!
Missed out on cleaning the Village last weekend? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook or sign up to our newsletter which you can access by scrolling down to the bottom of the following webpage https://delgany.online/dtt
We hope to see you at an upcoming clean-up in the Village to do it all over again and if you know any of our volunteers, please pass on your personal appreciation of their efforts.
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up taking place on Saturday September 28th, from 10am-1pm.
😔 Sadly due to predicted bad weather on Sunday September 29th, the clean up will take place on Saturday only! This also means our planned Sunday BBQ will no longer be going ahead.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
If you would like to volunteer just turn up on a day that suits.
Please help us coordinate and plan for this weekend by registering your attendance here.
Meeting at 10am at the Carmelite Monastery Gates and then splitting into groups each day to clean areas across Delgany.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
Also please join us for some post clean up chat and soup after the clean up at 1.30pm in the Wicklow Arms.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring and use any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Join Delgany Tidy Towns on Saturday, August 17th for a guided walking tour of Delgany's Heritage Trail and the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve*.
Delgany Heritage Trail is set in the charming picturesque village of Delgany. During this guided tour you will weave through scenic beauty, lush woodlands, historical buildings and interesting cottages and gardens.
The trail is just off the N11 motorway, 30 minutes south of Dublin and starts in the heart of the charming heritage village of Delgany.
Some of the stops along the route will include Christ Church, Three Trout Stream, old burial ground and Carmelite monastery. You will also see some wonderful cottages and gardens.
*If the weather is good the tour will also include a walk through the Glen of the Downs with a visit to the recently refurbished Octagon.
We will lead a guided walk from the Wicklow Arms Car Park to the Octagon on Glen of the Downs on Saturday, August 17th 10am -1pm.
Please note the walk includes steep steps, some muddy areas and is not buggy friendly.
You can register your attendance here or email delganytidytowns@gmail.com. ALL WELCOME!
Calling all history buffs!
Delgany's heritage is all around us - its our surrounding landscape, rivers, buildings, history, folklore and customs. It’s what makes our village special.
Help Delgany Tidy Towns preserve and record our heritage by adding to the narrative. Whether you have a story, article or memory to tell or a photo or video you would like to share. Everyone is welcome to participate . Click on the link below to contribute.
https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/get-involved/contribute
If you would like to support our heritage work email delganytidytowns@gmail.com or visit https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/
Interested in sharing your sustainability knowledge?
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Voluntary Sustainability Officer to join our tidy towns team.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns champion sustainability across the village. Working closely with fellow committee members, local residents and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less.
If you are interested in this voluntary role and have a passion for creating a more sustainable community email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
Are you wild for wildlife? We are seeking a voluntary Biodiversity Officer to help us protect Delgany's biodiversity.
This person will join the Delgany Tidy Town committee and help us promote and protect local biodiversity.
If you are interested in this voluntary role email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
🆘 Have you seen this plant? 👀
Himalayan Balsam is a pretty pink plant that was first introduced to Ireland as a garden plant, but soon found its way out of gardens and into the countryside, where it has been spreading rapidly ever since and is quickly becoming one of our most aggressive invasive weeds, mainly colonising riverbanks, waste ground and wet woodlands.
Problems caused by Himalayan Balsam include:
🔴 Elimination of local biodiversity.
🔴 Erosion to riverbanks after winter dieback.
🔴 Impedes access to riverbanks for both inspection and recreational use.
🔴 Quickly becoming one of our most aggressive invasive weeds.
If you have seen Himalayan Balsam when out and about locally, please let us know. To report Himalayan Balsam locations please email your sightings and their location to delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Help us preserve the local fairy population!
We are looking for residents young and old to help us clean and manage the upkeep of Delgany Fairy Trail on a continued basis.
If you or your family would like to get involved meet us this Saturday, 22nd June at 10am at the Priory Road Fairy trail entrance.
On Saturday we plan to set up a maintenance plan for the trail.
This would also be a great opportunity to clock up some community volunteering hours if you are taking part in The Presidents Gaisce Awards.
If you would like to get involved but are unable to attend this weekends meet up email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Team DTT
Join us on Monday, 17th June for our AGM.
You are very welcome to attend our AGM where we will be discussing everything we have achieved in the past year, plans for the next 12 months and an opportunity to share your ideas and concerns.
Delgany Tidy Towns is also seeking more volunteers and invite anyone who is interested in helping to attend our annual general meeting.
Every year we hold an AGM, but this year is extra special, it will take place in the future Delgany Community Center.
The meeting will kick start at 7pm at the Carmelite Monastery on Monday, 17th June 2024.
Anyone that has an interest in the future of our beautiful heritage village should come along to hear about what we have been up to and share ideas on how we can improve Delgany for the better.
Join us if you want to help make a difference and have an impact on the quality of life for all residents and visitors to our wonderful village.
Get Involved!
We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. Come meet us on June 17th or contact us via delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Missed this years AGM? Don’t worry check out our updates here.
Special thanks to Dooley Auctioneers and Delgany's Ukranian residents for the lovely refreshments.
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up Weekend taking place on
April 13th & 14th, from 10am-1pm.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
Meeting at 10am each day at the Old Burial Ground and the Carmelite Monastery Gates and then splitting into groups each day to clean areas across Delgany.
Refreshments afterwards from 1pm each day for all volunteers at the Carmelite Monastery Delgany. Kindly sponsored by Dooley Auctioneers.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring and use any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
If you would like to volunteer just turn up on a day that suits or register your attendance online here
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Make your St Patrick's weekend even greener!
Join DTT & Rewild Wicklow and help us plant 250 mixed Irish hedge plants.
Together with Rewild Wicklow our mission is to monitor, protect, enhance, and increase native habitats in Delgany in order to encourage native species such as birds to flourish across our village.
📅 This Saturday, 16th March
🕰️ 10am
📍 Thorndale, Delgany Village
P.S Try and wear some green! 💚 🍀
Volunteers needed this weekend for Delgany Wood hedge cutting and litter picking.
Date: This Sunday, 25th February, 2024
Time: 12 noon - 3pm
Meeting at 1 Cherry Drive, Delgany Wood
Bring gloves, bags & garden tools if you have them!
Today we delivered a few early Christmas gifts to St Lawrence’s National School, Delgany National School & Edengate Park Academy Childcare.
Thank you to Halfway up the stairs bookshop for helping us pick out some wonderful books that we hope will inspire the children of Delgany to help us take care of our planet.
Merry Christmas from Delgany Tidy Towns
DTT Christmas Newletter is Here
Our Christmas Newsletter has just hit the newsstands! Catch up on all our news here!
Small achievable eco goals for Christmas! Swipe ➡️ for our tips!
This December, pick one of these to try! You don’t have to do it perfectly or 100%, but give one a try and see what you think. The best way to start living more sustainably is to start small and do what you can. 💗
🌎 Use what you have for wrapping - paper shopping bags or newspaper work really well. Why not use holly or get the kids to personalise your wrapping with some festive drawings.
🌎 Bring your own shopping bag and keep cup!
🌎 DIY some decor, like homemade garlands or ornaments.
🌎 Make a plan for your leftovers.
🌎 Looking for a Christmas jumper? Thrift it or why not borrow or swap with family and friends.
This year, let’s come together and bring joy to the hearts of Delgany's Ukrainian residents.
Delgany Tidy Towns Ukraine Christmas Gift Appeal is your opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our new neighbours, by donating a gift.
Why Participate? In the spirit of giving, we invite you to be a part of this heartwarming initiative. Our new Ukrainian residents have endured more than their fair share of challenges, and your generosity will brighten their holiday.
😊 Spread Joy: Your gift will bring a smile to someone who needs it most.
🎁 Provide Necessities: Why not make up a lovely gift set with some nice toiletries or perhaps wrap up a pair of funky warm socks! Any gift will make a world of difference.
💌 Make It Personal: This is optional - why not add a note or Christmas card for your recipient to open with their gift.
🙏 Foster Hope: Spread some kindness into the world this festive season.
📍Where & when can I donate a gift: A collection point has been set up in Bear Paw Deli, Delgany Village. Final donation day will be December 22nd.
*Please note this is a gift appeal for the men and woman of the Delganys Ukrainian community. If you would like to donate something for the younger residents please do this via the separate Go Fund Me Appeal. The link for this can be found here.
Wrap up and warm up your vocal chords with your neighbours this Thursday from 7pm outside the Wicklow Arms. We will be accepting cash donations for St Vincent de Paul and offering some festive treats too.
Delgany Christmas Fair
Thanks to everyone that dropped by to say hello and registered their interest in getting involved in DTT in 2024.
Adding Some Christmas Cheer To The Village
Delgany Tidy Towns added a touch of sparkle to the village this month while also working closely with the North Pole to make sure all of Santa's letters from the village reach Santa in time for Christmas.
Santa & the elves are extremely busy at the moment checking their list twice, however during their hot chocolate breaks they do like to reply to some of Santa's letters. We recommend you add Mammy, Daddy or perhaps Granny or Grandad's email address to your letter. You never know you might be one of the lucky boys and girls that receive a reply.
The Delgany Santa Post Box is now located in the heart of the village outside the Delgany Market.
Thank you to our Delgany Tidy Town volunteers for making our village merry and bright this Christmas.
Delgany Tidy Towns are in the process of setting up a Delgany Men's Shed. 🛠️
What is a Men's shed?🤔
A Men's Shed is a dedicated, friendly and welcoming meeting place where men can come together. It's a place where men can share their skills and knowledge with others, learn new skills or redevelop old skills or drop by to have a chat and a cuppa.
If you live in Delgany and would be interested in getting involved email delganytidytowns@gmail.com
Don’t FALL behind on your Delgany Tidy Towns news. Our Autumn Newsletter has just hit your inbox! Read here.
A HUGE thank you to Nathalie and Diane from The Sustainable Life School for an incredibly informative sustainability session and to everyone who participated in our workshop yesterday.
I think everyone who attended will agree that we learned so many ways to achieve a greener and more sustainable Christmas. It was also fantastic to hear everyone's shared understanding and tips on the topic.
Delgany Tidy Towns will be sharing what we learned with you over the coming weeks. If you have any sustainable suggestions you would like to share with the community please reach out, we would love to hear your top tips!
Special shout out to Firehouse Bakery for the yummy treats and Greystones Nazarene Community Centre for providing us with a lovely warm and cozy space.
Are you planning a special festive Christmas but would like to be good to the planet at the same time?
Delgany Tidy Towns Sustainable Christmas Workshop will provide you with tips and advice on how to make your Christmas a sustainable one!
Get ready for a jolly Susty Christmas!
Join Delgany Tidy Towns and Nathalie & Diane from social enterprise The Sustainable Life School for a jolly & informal event getting you in the festive spirit and sustainable ready for the celebrations. This climate friendly session will cover top holiday tips in sustainable fashion, food, energy & packaging. Jingling with lots of tips, interactions and even some practical demos, the session will help you reduce your impact on the environment whilst also saving you money.
If you would like to join us and learn how to make your own repurposed envelopes and cards, just bring some old Christmas cards along with you.
After the event you will have a special e-delivery of the Sustainable Life School resources to help you on your very merry way.
So shop your wardrobe for something festive, red or green and join us.
**Spaces are limited so reserve your ticket now to avoid disappointment** RESERVE YOUR PLACE HERE
Date: Saturday, 18th November 2023
Time: 2.30pm - 4pm
Location: Nazarene Community Church - Burnaby Ave, Killincarrig, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.
Follow The Sustainable Life School on Instagram @thesustainablelifeschool or visit https://www.sustainablelifeschool.ie/
For further information and updates visit our website and social pages.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelganyTidyTowns
Website: ttps://delgany.online/dtt
Trees for Bees
Delgany Tidy Towns and Dcs For Bees are joining forces for a fruit orchard planting project.
The Dcs For Bees “Orchards in the Community” has inspired partners, community groups, schools and individuals across Ireland to plant mixed fruit orchards to provide a much needed early Spring food source for our pollinators.
We are calling on all local Delgany residential estates and associations to get in contact with us with some potential orchard sites in the area. If you have any ideas at all or places you'd like to suggest we'd love to hear from you!
So if you live in Delgany and your residential estate would like to get involved contact delganytidytowns@gmail.com with the following information:
Number of trees your residential estate can accommodate
Pictures of the potential location and area
Name and contact details of residential estate representative.
Suggestion Deadline: Thursday, 16th November 2023.
Visit https://www.hostinireland.com/post/orchards-in-the-community-increases-target-to-2000-orchards to learn more about the project.
Plant the Town Yellow
Did you pick up some free daffodil bulbs at our stand today? Daffodil bulbs are best planted in September - November in well drained soil. They will grow well in sun or part shade. Watch our video above for some more top tips.
Join our Delgany Daffodil challenge!
To celebrate Delgany Tidy Towns recent Tidy Towns Competition result we will be handing out daffodil bulbs to local residents on Saturday, 28th of October.
We are asking everyone in the village to plant our pollinator-friendly bulbs to help safeguard the future of our vital bee population.
October is the perfect time to start planting spring-flowering bulbs to make sure we get that splash of colour in spring 2024.
Join our Delgany Daffodil challenge!
Pick up location: Delgany Village, Outside Centra
When: Saturday, October 28th, 10am - 1pm
We have a limited amount of bulbs so we recommend you arrive as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for further updates.
If you would like to learn more about ways you can volunteer drop us a line delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
National Reuse Month
October 2023
What is Reuse Month?
October is Ireland’s National Reuse Month. Reuse is about valuing our stuff, by using and reusing it for as long and as often as possible. This avoids the need to extract raw materials, manufacture and distribute new stuff, and avoids waste thereby cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions. Why not make a commitment to reuse as many things as possible to save the environment.
Reduce & Reuse
Tips and advice on reducing waste and reusing certain items around the house.
When people think of being Waste Aware, recycling springs to mind. Better still, though, is reducing our waste by reusing things as much as possible. Here are some tips to help reducing your waster and reusing certain items.
Reduce
Avoid heavily packaged goods
Buy loose fruit and vegetables
Buy products in big containers (like washing powder)
Bring your own bags shopping and skip the government levy
Use refillable or rechargeable products: pens, batteries, cameras
Try growing your own vegetables
Stop junk mail
Repair broken goods as much as possible
Share newspapers, magazines and books with friends and relatives
Use longer-lasting energy-saving CFL light bulbs
Use reusable nappies rather than disposables
Be creative!
Reuse
Again, what you'll reuse will often depend on your own individual factors. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Reuse clothes: charity shops
If you have clothes and other items that you no longer need, donating to a charity shop is a great way to have them reused. For a good list, see the The Irish Charity Shops Association.
Reuse books: exchange programmes
Many children reuse their siblings' schoolbooks, but why not reuse books from other families who are finished with them? All of Wicklow County Councils environmental and recycling centres have book exchange facilities and secondhand schoolbook shops in the summer. Also, School Book Exchange , run in the summer months by Wicklow County Council offers excellent quality reuse school and college books. Books can be purchased for a small fee of €2-€3.
Reuse in the home
Use old jars and tubs for storage
Use washable dishcloths instead of throwaway disposable wipes
Use scrap paper for writing notes
Use a lunch box instead of foil or cling film
Mend clothes and get shoes reheeled so they last longer
Useful Local Reuse Websites
One of the best ways to reuse items is by using one of the online secondhand goods swap sites.
Freecycle groups allow you to give your stuff away free to others, and also to request something that you need.
Below is just a sample of some of the Freecycle groups across Wicklow.
There are also specific freecycle groups for Wicklow Buy & Sell Children’s Clothes & Toys.
The results are in!
The results are in!
The 2023 Tidy Towns competition results hit our inbox last Friday. The competition has been running since 1958 and this year it saw a total of 886 entries one of the highest number of entries on record!
Delgany exceeded its 2022 entry and marked highest in terms of overall tidyness, litter control and our nature and biodiversity efforts.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed and supported us over the past year. Looking forward to achieving an even better result in 2024!
We also want to send many congratulations to our neighbours Greystones Tidy Towns on their fantastic result!
If you would like to learn more about ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Join our Community Clean Up
Tidy up your corner of Delgany on Saturday, September 30th and Sunday, October 1st.
Calling all Delgany residents! Spend 1 hour (or even more) to tidy up your street or estate.
We are asking all Delgany residents to focus on their own roads for this clean up weekend and encourage you to involve our younger residents to help.
Heritage Officer role (Voluntary Role)
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Are you retired or looking for important, interesting local voluntary work?
Do you live in or near Delgany and have an interest in local history?
Would you like to learn how to produce oral history programmes or how to archive images and content?
We are looking for someone to fill our Heritage Officer role (Voluntary Role). This person will be responsible for the following:
To find and archive historical information on the Village
To add content to the website. https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/
The website is about local history collections and discovers unique articles, photographs, documents, oral histories and personal stories around Delgany.
You will become a member of the Irish Community Archive Network (ICAN) . This is a great support team with lots of access to training and networks. Here is more information about it. https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Learning/Irish-Community-Archive-Network.
The Heritage officer will be supported by the outgoing officer and DTT members
The new Heritage office will also brief the new community worker
The Heritage office will be incharge of any heritage grants or project taken on by DTT
THe Heritage office will also attend DTT meetings 6-8 meetings per year.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our Heritage Officer role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Some small eco goals that will make a BIG impact across Delgany
Check out some small eco goals that will make a BIG impact across Delgany 😊 💚 🌎
Village Clean Up Weekend
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up Weekend taking place on
May 13th & 14th, from 10am-1pm.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
Meeting at 10am each day in the Old Burial Ground in the heart of Delgany Village and then splitting into groups to clean one of the 10 Zones across Delgany.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
If you would like to volunteer you can register online here
or meet the DTT team in the Old Burial Ground, Delgany Village at 10am on May 13th & 14th.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelganyTidyTowns
Secretary role (Voluntary role)
We looking for someone to fill our committee secretary role. This person will be responsible for items like applying for grants, arranging meetings and completing the annual national Tidy Towns competition application, as part of a like-minded voluntary group taking care of Delgany heritage village and its surroundings.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our secretary role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Come meet the Delgany Tidy Town Team at our next meeting
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Join us on Monday, April 24th at 7pm in the Horse & Hound Delgany to learn more about how you can volunteer and help us further enhance our village in 2023. Our aim is to keep our village litter free, enhance the visual attractiveness of public areas, improve biodiversity, promote heritage and encourage sustainability throughout Delgany.
We are also looking for someone to fill our committee secretary role. This person will be responsible for items like applying for grants, arranging meetings and completing the annual national Tidy Towns competition application, as part of a like-minded voluntary group taking care of Delgany heritage village and its surroundings.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our secretary role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
We are now on Instagram!
We are now on Instagram! Come on over and follow us @delganytidytowns #keepdelganytidy
Delgany Tidy Towns
2021 Award Winning Team committed to our local Biodiversity and Waterways.
Tidy Towns in November 2021 was awarded the Water and Communities overall national award (€2,000 euro prize) and named second place with 313 points in category C! Thank you to all of our committee members and committed volunteers on a well earned result! (CLICK HERE for the Article)
In February of this year DTT was also awarded a 7,000 euro grant to to support community efforts to protect plants and wildlife and is part of an initiative which supports efforts in 116 communities across the country!
Delgany Community Council would like to congratulate the Tidy Towns group who organized and supported these application, led by our own passionate biodiversity expert and resident Keith Scanlon. Groups are being supported to develop actions which will deliver real results with a Community Biodiversity Plan. Communities will work with an ecologist to draw up a community biodiversity action plan within their local community or with two or 3-5 local landowners. Please email if you are interested in joining these initiatives!
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Spring Clean Weekend taking place on April 12th & 13th, from 10am-1pm each day.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
Meeting at 10am each day at Old Burial Ground.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring and use any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
If you would like to volunteer just turn up on a day that suits or register your attendance here.
Pick up a FREE bee friendly plant for your garden or balcony this weekend. 🌸💜🌱🐝
📍Find us outside the Old HSE building, Delgany Village.
⏰ This Saturday, February 22nd, from 10am until stocks last.
We have a limited amount of plants available so we recommend you arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Follow us on Facebook or our Instagram page for further updates.
📧 If you would like to learn more about ways you can volunteer or would like to be added to our mailing list drop us a line at delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Our first Newsletter of 2025 has just hit the newsstands!
Read our reasons to LOVE February and learn how you can get involved here.
Receive our newsletters directly into your inbox. Email delganytidytowns@gmail.com with your contact details, we will add you to our volunteer mailing list and WhatsApp Group.
GIVE BACK IN 2025. Join us to help keep Delgany looking its best.
We want to keep Delgany looking great all year round for residents and visitors alike. Delgany Tidy Towns is a team of volunteers who help in many different areas such as litter picking, weeding, planting, sweeping, fundraisers and more.
Tidy Towns is a great initiative to help towns and communities to come together to ensure their towns are great places to live in, work in and visit. We are looking for new volunteers to join us in 2025 - even if you only have 30 minutes to spare every now and again, every little helps!
If you are interested in getting involved or learning more join us on Monday, January 20th at 7pm in the Carmelite Monastery Delgany.
Cannot make it on the 20th? Email delganytidytowns@gmail.com with your contact details, we will add you to our volunteer mailing list and WhatsApp Group.
Celebrating a milestone with Laillí de Buitléar
Last weekend marked a special celebration as we celebrated our cherished volunteer, Laillí de Buitléar turning 91!
Surrounded by family, neighbours and friends, the event held at the Carmelite Monastery was a joyous occasion honoring a truly remarkable woman.
We are truly privileged to have Laillí as part of our Tidy Towns group. Her contributions and spirit continue to enrich our community, and her 91st birthday celebration was a testament to all she has done for Delgany. Here’s to many more wonderful years with Laillí, from all your Tidy Town friends.
Delgany Tidy Towns would like to thank everyone who contributed towards our event for Laillí. Dooleys Auctioneers, Lowick Homes, Cedar Building Company, The Horse & Hound, The Wicklow Arms, Farrelly’s Butchers, The Grocer, Centra Delgany, Bear Paw for their scrumptious sandwiches and a special shout out to June, who pulled the whole thing together.
Photos Greystones Guide
Thank you Sheena!
Delgany Tidy Towns would like to wish Sheena, our former Heritage Officer and clean up coordinator extraordinaire all the best on her retirement from our Tidy Town committee.
Sheena’s contribution and commitment to Tidy Towns can be seen throughout the village, from the Delgany Heritage Trail, Fairy walk and our fantastic online Heritage database, which can be viewed here.
Monday night was Sheena’s final committee meeting and her advice and local knowledge will be sadly missed. Thanks for everything Sheena!
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Chairperson to join our tidy towns team.
As our groups chairperson you will be responsible for the following kind of tasks:
Chairing and leading our regular bi monthly meetings (including our AGM), to discuss the running of the group and making sure decisions are made collectively.
The Chairperson is the main contact for our tidy towns group and liaises with Wicklow County Council and other local groups on our behalf
Work with fellow committee members to maintain standards and introduce new initiatives so that we can be more effective as a group.
Support committee to recruit volunteers.
Leading role in coordinating activities for the group such as clean ups and events.
We recommend you take a look at the official Tidy Towns Guide book to learn more about what is involved when volunteering with a Tidy Town Group - https://www.tidytowns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/General-Information.pdf
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
Give a welcome hand and make a difference in Delgany village.
If you are interested in this voluntary role email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Would you like to help address the challenge of climate change at a local level? 🌍🌡️
Climate change is a key challenge for all of us, and we must act now, particularly in the interests of future generations. We must ensure that what we do today does not compromise Delgany’s environment, but instead enhances it and makes it a place where all generations, current and future, can live in a sustainable way.
As a response to this challenge Delgany Tidy Towns has set up our own Climate Action Group. Keith, our acting Climate Action Officer with the help of our newly appointed Biodiversity Officer, Saorise, are looking for volunteers to help and support them initiate innovative ways to address the challenge of climate change locally.
If you are interested in getting involved and supporting this group email Keith & Saoirse at dtt.climateaction@gmail.com.
Interested in sharing your sustainability knowledge?
You do not need to be an expert, just someone with a passion or interest in getting people to be more sustainable.
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Voluntary Sustainability Officer to join our tidy towns team.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns champion sustainability across the village. Working closely with fellow committee members, local residents and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less.
Min Hours: 2 hours monthly.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns as follows:
Champion sustainability across the village.
Working closely with fellow committee members, residents, and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less
Collaborate with neighbouring tidy town biodiversity activities.
Highlight sustainable practices across the village.
Attend our committee meetings, which take place every 2 months
Help and support the committee with other activities and clean-up days.
We recommend you take a look at the official Tidy Towns Guide book to learn more about what is involved when volunteering with a Tidy Town Group - https://www.tidytowns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/General-Information.pdf
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in this voluntary role and have a passion for creating a more sustainable community email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
The 2024 TT results are in 🥁 🥁....15 more points!
349 Tidy Town points for Delgany!
Thank you to everyone who continue to support us and most importantly a HUGE THANKS to our wonderful volunteers.
Delgany Tidy Towns Village Clean Up September 2024
The Village has never looked better thanks to last Saturday’s clean-up! We are so grateful for our volunteers who worked so hard last weekend and who continue to help us keep Delgany clean and green. Our before and after pictures speak for themselves so THANK YOU SO MUCH! 👏❤️🙌
🤟We also want to give a shout out to the Wicklow Arms for providing our volunteers with some well earned post clean up soup. It definitely hit the spot, thank you!
Missed out on cleaning the Village last weekend? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook or sign up to our newsletter which you can access by scrolling down to the bottom of the following webpage https://delgany.online/dtt
We hope to see you at an upcoming clean-up in the Village to do it all over again and if you know any of our volunteers, please pass on your personal appreciation of their efforts.
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up taking place on Saturday September 28th, from 10am-1pm.
😔 Sadly due to predicted bad weather on Sunday September 29th, the clean up will take place on Saturday only! This also means our planned Sunday BBQ will no longer be going ahead.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
If you would like to volunteer just turn up on a day that suits.
Please help us coordinate and plan for this weekend by registering your attendance here.
Meeting at 10am at the Carmelite Monastery Gates and then splitting into groups each day to clean areas across Delgany.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
Also please join us for some post clean up chat and soup after the clean up at 1.30pm in the Wicklow Arms.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring and use any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Join Delgany Tidy Towns on Saturday, August 17th for a guided walking tour of Delgany's Heritage Trail and the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve*.
Delgany Heritage Trail is set in the charming picturesque village of Delgany. During this guided tour you will weave through scenic beauty, lush woodlands, historical buildings and interesting cottages and gardens.
The trail is just off the N11 motorway, 30 minutes south of Dublin and starts in the heart of the charming heritage village of Delgany.
Some of the stops along the route will include Christ Church, Three Trout Stream, old burial ground and Carmelite monastery. You will also see some wonderful cottages and gardens.
*If the weather is good the tour will also include a walk through the Glen of the Downs with a visit to the recently refurbished Octagon.
We will lead a guided walk from the Wicklow Arms Car Park to the Octagon on Glen of the Downs on Saturday, August 17th 10am -1pm.
Please note the walk includes steep steps, some muddy areas and is not buggy friendly.
You can register your attendance here or email delganytidytowns@gmail.com. ALL WELCOME!
Calling all history buffs!
Delgany's heritage is all around us - its our surrounding landscape, rivers, buildings, history, folklore and customs. It’s what makes our village special.
Help Delgany Tidy Towns preserve and record our heritage by adding to the narrative. Whether you have a story, article or memory to tell or a photo or video you would like to share. Everyone is welcome to participate . Click on the link below to contribute.
https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/get-involved/contribute
If you would like to support our heritage work email delganytidytowns@gmail.com or visit https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/
Interested in sharing your sustainability knowledge?
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Voluntary Sustainability Officer to join our tidy towns team.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns champion sustainability across the village. Working closely with fellow committee members, local residents and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less.
If you are interested in this voluntary role and have a passion for creating a more sustainable community email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
Are you wild for wildlife? We are seeking a voluntary Biodiversity Officer to help us protect Delgany's biodiversity.
This person will join the Delgany Tidy Town committee and help us promote and protect local biodiversity.
If you are interested in this voluntary role email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
🆘 Have you seen this plant? 👀
Himalayan Balsam is a pretty pink plant that was first introduced to Ireland as a garden plant, but soon found its way out of gardens and into the countryside, where it has been spreading rapidly ever since and is quickly becoming one of our most aggressive invasive weeds, mainly colonising riverbanks, waste ground and wet woodlands.
Problems caused by Himalayan Balsam include:
🔴 Elimination of local biodiversity.
🔴 Erosion to riverbanks after winter dieback.
🔴 Impedes access to riverbanks for both inspection and recreational use.
🔴 Quickly becoming one of our most aggressive invasive weeds.
If you have seen Himalayan Balsam when out and about locally, please let us know. To report Himalayan Balsam locations please email your sightings and their location to delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Help us preserve the local fairy population!
We are looking for residents young and old to help us clean and manage the upkeep of Delgany Fairy Trail on a continued basis.
If you or your family would like to get involved meet us this Saturday, 22nd June at 10am at the Priory Road Fairy trail entrance.
On Saturday we plan to set up a maintenance plan for the trail.
This would also be a great opportunity to clock up some community volunteering hours if you are taking part in The Presidents Gaisce Awards.
If you would like to get involved but are unable to attend this weekends meet up email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Team DTT
Join us on Monday, 17th June for our AGM.
You are very welcome to attend our AGM where we will be discussing everything we have achieved in the past year, plans for the next 12 months and an opportunity to share your ideas and concerns.
Delgany Tidy Towns is also seeking more volunteers and invite anyone who is interested in helping to attend our annual general meeting.
Every year we hold an AGM, but this year is extra special, it will take place in the future Delgany Community Center.
The meeting will kick start at 7pm at the Carmelite Monastery on Monday, 17th June 2024.
Anyone that has an interest in the future of our beautiful heritage village should come along to hear about what we have been up to and share ideas on how we can improve Delgany for the better.
Join us if you want to help make a difference and have an impact on the quality of life for all residents and visitors to our wonderful village.
Get Involved!
We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. Come meet us on June 17th or contact us via delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Missed this years AGM? Don’t worry check out our updates here.
Special thanks to Dooley Auctioneers and Delgany's Ukranian residents for the lovely refreshments.
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up Weekend taking place on
April 13th & 14th, from 10am-1pm.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
Meeting at 10am each day at the Old Burial Ground and the Carmelite Monastery Gates and then splitting into groups each day to clean areas across Delgany.
Refreshments afterwards from 1pm each day for all volunteers at the Carmelite Monastery Delgany. Kindly sponsored by Dooley Auctioneers.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring and use any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
If you would like to volunteer just turn up on a day that suits or register your attendance online here
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Make your St Patrick's weekend even greener!
Join DTT & Rewild Wicklow and help us plant 250 mixed Irish hedge plants.
Together with Rewild Wicklow our mission is to monitor, protect, enhance, and increase native habitats in Delgany in order to encourage native species such as birds to flourish across our village.
📅 This Saturday, 16th March
🕰️ 10am
📍 Thorndale, Delgany Village
P.S Try and wear some green! 💚 🍀
Volunteers needed this weekend for Delgany Wood hedge cutting and litter picking.
Date: This Sunday, 25th February, 2024
Time: 12 noon - 3pm
Meeting at 1 Cherry Drive, Delgany Wood
Bring gloves, bags & garden tools if you have them!
Today we delivered a few early Christmas gifts to St Lawrence’s National School, Delgany National School & Edengate Park Academy Childcare.
Thank you to Halfway up the stairs bookshop for helping us pick out some wonderful books that we hope will inspire the children of Delgany to help us take care of our planet.
Merry Christmas from Delgany Tidy Towns
DTT Christmas Newletter is Here
Our Christmas Newsletter has just hit the newsstands! Catch up on all our news here!
Small achievable eco goals for Christmas! Swipe ➡️ for our tips!
This December, pick one of these to try! You don’t have to do it perfectly or 100%, but give one a try and see what you think. The best way to start living more sustainably is to start small and do what you can. 💗
🌎 Use what you have for wrapping - paper shopping bags or newspaper work really well. Why not use holly or get the kids to personalise your wrapping with some festive drawings.
🌎 Bring your own shopping bag and keep cup!
🌎 DIY some decor, like homemade garlands or ornaments.
🌎 Make a plan for your leftovers.
🌎 Looking for a Christmas jumper? Thrift it or why not borrow or swap with family and friends.
This year, let’s come together and bring joy to the hearts of Delgany's Ukrainian residents.
Delgany Tidy Towns Ukraine Christmas Gift Appeal is your opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our new neighbours, by donating a gift.
Why Participate? In the spirit of giving, we invite you to be a part of this heartwarming initiative. Our new Ukrainian residents have endured more than their fair share of challenges, and your generosity will brighten their holiday.
😊 Spread Joy: Your gift will bring a smile to someone who needs it most.
🎁 Provide Necessities: Why not make up a lovely gift set with some nice toiletries or perhaps wrap up a pair of funky warm socks! Any gift will make a world of difference.
💌 Make It Personal: This is optional - why not add a note or Christmas card for your recipient to open with their gift.
🙏 Foster Hope: Spread some kindness into the world this festive season.
📍Where & when can I donate a gift: A collection point has been set up in Bear Paw Deli, Delgany Village. Final donation day will be December 22nd.
*Please note this is a gift appeal for the men and woman of the Delganys Ukrainian community. If you would like to donate something for the younger residents please do this via the separate Go Fund Me Appeal. The link for this can be found here.
Wrap up and warm up your vocal chords with your neighbours this Thursday from 7pm outside the Wicklow Arms. We will be accepting cash donations for St Vincent de Paul and offering some festive treats too.
Delgany Christmas Fair
Thanks to everyone that dropped by to say hello and registered their interest in getting involved in DTT in 2024.
Adding Some Christmas Cheer To The Village
Delgany Tidy Towns added a touch of sparkle to the village this month while also working closely with the North Pole to make sure all of Santa's letters from the village reach Santa in time for Christmas.
Santa & the elves are extremely busy at the moment checking their list twice, however during their hot chocolate breaks they do like to reply to some of Santa's letters. We recommend you add Mammy, Daddy or perhaps Granny or Grandad's email address to your letter. You never know you might be one of the lucky boys and girls that receive a reply.
The Delgany Santa Post Box is now located in the heart of the village outside the Delgany Market.
Thank you to our Delgany Tidy Town volunteers for making our village merry and bright this Christmas.
Delgany Tidy Towns are in the process of setting up a Delgany Men's Shed. 🛠️
What is a Men's shed?🤔
A Men's Shed is a dedicated, friendly and welcoming meeting place where men can come together. It's a place where men can share their skills and knowledge with others, learn new skills or redevelop old skills or drop by to have a chat and a cuppa.
If you live in Delgany and would be interested in getting involved email delganytidytowns@gmail.com
Don’t FALL behind on your Delgany Tidy Towns news. Our Autumn Newsletter has just hit your inbox! Read here.
A HUGE thank you to Nathalie and Diane from The Sustainable Life School for an incredibly informative sustainability session and to everyone who participated in our workshop yesterday.
I think everyone who attended will agree that we learned so many ways to achieve a greener and more sustainable Christmas. It was also fantastic to hear everyone's shared understanding and tips on the topic.
Delgany Tidy Towns will be sharing what we learned with you over the coming weeks. If you have any sustainable suggestions you would like to share with the community please reach out, we would love to hear your top tips!
Special shout out to Firehouse Bakery for the yummy treats and Greystones Nazarene Community Centre for providing us with a lovely warm and cozy space.
Are you planning a special festive Christmas but would like to be good to the planet at the same time?
Delgany Tidy Towns Sustainable Christmas Workshop will provide you with tips and advice on how to make your Christmas a sustainable one!
Get ready for a jolly Susty Christmas!
Join Delgany Tidy Towns and Nathalie & Diane from social enterprise The Sustainable Life School for a jolly & informal event getting you in the festive spirit and sustainable ready for the celebrations. This climate friendly session will cover top holiday tips in sustainable fashion, food, energy & packaging. Jingling with lots of tips, interactions and even some practical demos, the session will help you reduce your impact on the environment whilst also saving you money.
If you would like to join us and learn how to make your own repurposed envelopes and cards, just bring some old Christmas cards along with you.
After the event you will have a special e-delivery of the Sustainable Life School resources to help you on your very merry way.
So shop your wardrobe for something festive, red or green and join us.
**Spaces are limited so reserve your ticket now to avoid disappointment** RESERVE YOUR PLACE HERE
Date: Saturday, 18th November 2023
Time: 2.30pm - 4pm
Location: Nazarene Community Church - Burnaby Ave, Killincarrig, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.
Follow The Sustainable Life School on Instagram @thesustainablelifeschool or visit https://www.sustainablelifeschool.ie/
For further information and updates visit our website and social pages.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelganyTidyTowns
Website: ttps://delgany.online/dtt
Trees for Bees
Delgany Tidy Towns and Dcs For Bees are joining forces for a fruit orchard planting project.
The Dcs For Bees “Orchards in the Community” has inspired partners, community groups, schools and individuals across Ireland to plant mixed fruit orchards to provide a much needed early Spring food source for our pollinators.
We are calling on all local Delgany residential estates and associations to get in contact with us with some potential orchard sites in the area. If you have any ideas at all or places you'd like to suggest we'd love to hear from you!
So if you live in Delgany and your residential estate would like to get involved contact delganytidytowns@gmail.com with the following information:
Number of trees your residential estate can accommodate
Pictures of the potential location and area
Name and contact details of residential estate representative.
Suggestion Deadline: Thursday, 16th November 2023.
Visit https://www.hostinireland.com/post/orchards-in-the-community-increases-target-to-2000-orchards to learn more about the project.
Plant the Town Yellow
Did you pick up some free daffodil bulbs at our stand today? Daffodil bulbs are best planted in September - November in well drained soil. They will grow well in sun or part shade. Watch our video above for some more top tips.
Join our Delgany Daffodil challenge!
To celebrate Delgany Tidy Towns recent Tidy Towns Competition result we will be handing out daffodil bulbs to local residents on Saturday, 28th of October.
We are asking everyone in the village to plant our pollinator-friendly bulbs to help safeguard the future of our vital bee population.
October is the perfect time to start planting spring-flowering bulbs to make sure we get that splash of colour in spring 2024.
Join our Delgany Daffodil challenge!
Pick up location: Delgany Village, Outside Centra
When: Saturday, October 28th, 10am - 1pm
We have a limited amount of bulbs so we recommend you arrive as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for further updates.
If you would like to learn more about ways you can volunteer drop us a line delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
National Reuse Month
October 2023
What is Reuse Month?
October is Ireland’s National Reuse Month. Reuse is about valuing our stuff, by using and reusing it for as long and as often as possible. This avoids the need to extract raw materials, manufacture and distribute new stuff, and avoids waste thereby cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions. Why not make a commitment to reuse as many things as possible to save the environment.
Reduce & Reuse
Tips and advice on reducing waste and reusing certain items around the house.
When people think of being Waste Aware, recycling springs to mind. Better still, though, is reducing our waste by reusing things as much as possible. Here are some tips to help reducing your waster and reusing certain items.
Reduce
Avoid heavily packaged goods
Buy loose fruit and vegetables
Buy products in big containers (like washing powder)
Bring your own bags shopping and skip the government levy
Use refillable or rechargeable products: pens, batteries, cameras
Try growing your own vegetables
Stop junk mail
Repair broken goods as much as possible
Share newspapers, magazines and books with friends and relatives
Use longer-lasting energy-saving CFL light bulbs
Use reusable nappies rather than disposables
Be creative!
Reuse
Again, what you'll reuse will often depend on your own individual factors. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Reuse clothes: charity shops
If you have clothes and other items that you no longer need, donating to a charity shop is a great way to have them reused. For a good list, see the The Irish Charity Shops Association.
Reuse books: exchange programmes
Many children reuse their siblings' schoolbooks, but why not reuse books from other families who are finished with them? All of Wicklow County Councils environmental and recycling centres have book exchange facilities and secondhand schoolbook shops in the summer. Also, School Book Exchange , run in the summer months by Wicklow County Council offers excellent quality reuse school and college books. Books can be purchased for a small fee of €2-€3.
Reuse in the home
Use old jars and tubs for storage
Use washable dishcloths instead of throwaway disposable wipes
Use scrap paper for writing notes
Use a lunch box instead of foil or cling film
Mend clothes and get shoes reheeled so they last longer
Useful Local Reuse Websites
One of the best ways to reuse items is by using one of the online secondhand goods swap sites.
Freecycle groups allow you to give your stuff away free to others, and also to request something that you need.
Below is just a sample of some of the Freecycle groups across Wicklow.
There are also specific freecycle groups for Wicklow Buy & Sell Children’s Clothes & Toys.
The results are in!
The results are in!
The 2023 Tidy Towns competition results hit our inbox last Friday. The competition has been running since 1958 and this year it saw a total of 886 entries one of the highest number of entries on record!
Delgany exceeded its 2022 entry and marked highest in terms of overall tidyness, litter control and our nature and biodiversity efforts.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed and supported us over the past year. Looking forward to achieving an even better result in 2024!
We also want to send many congratulations to our neighbours Greystones Tidy Towns on their fantastic result!
If you would like to learn more about ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Join our Community Clean Up
Tidy up your corner of Delgany on Saturday, September 30th and Sunday, October 1st.
Calling all Delgany residents! Spend 1 hour (or even more) to tidy up your street or estate.
We are asking all Delgany residents to focus on their own roads for this clean up weekend and encourage you to involve our younger residents to help.
Heritage Officer role (Voluntary Role)
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Are you retired or looking for important, interesting local voluntary work?
Do you live in or near Delgany and have an interest in local history?
Would you like to learn how to produce oral history programmes or how to archive images and content?
We are looking for someone to fill our Heritage Officer role (Voluntary Role). This person will be responsible for the following:
To find and archive historical information on the Village
To add content to the website. https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/
The website is about local history collections and discovers unique articles, photographs, documents, oral histories and personal stories around Delgany.
You will become a member of the Irish Community Archive Network (ICAN) . This is a great support team with lots of access to training and networks. Here is more information about it. https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Learning/Irish-Community-Archive-Network.
The Heritage officer will be supported by the outgoing officer and DTT members
The new Heritage office will also brief the new community worker
The Heritage office will be incharge of any heritage grants or project taken on by DTT
THe Heritage office will also attend DTT meetings 6-8 meetings per year.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our Heritage Officer role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Some small eco goals that will make a BIG impact across Delgany
Check out some small eco goals that will make a BIG impact across Delgany 😊 💚 🌎
Village Clean Up Weekend
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up Weekend taking place on
May 13th & 14th, from 10am-1pm.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
Meeting at 10am each day in the Old Burial Ground in the heart of Delgany Village and then splitting into groups to clean one of the 10 Zones across Delgany.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
If you would like to volunteer you can register online here
or meet the DTT team in the Old Burial Ground, Delgany Village at 10am on May 13th & 14th.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelganyTidyTowns
Secretary role (Voluntary role)
We looking for someone to fill our committee secretary role. This person will be responsible for items like applying for grants, arranging meetings and completing the annual national Tidy Towns competition application, as part of a like-minded voluntary group taking care of Delgany heritage village and its surroundings.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our secretary role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Come meet the Delgany Tidy Town Team at our next meeting
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Join us on Monday, April 24th at 7pm in the Horse & Hound Delgany to learn more about how you can volunteer and help us further enhance our village in 2023. Our aim is to keep our village litter free, enhance the visual attractiveness of public areas, improve biodiversity, promote heritage and encourage sustainability throughout Delgany.
We are also looking for someone to fill our committee secretary role. This person will be responsible for items like applying for grants, arranging meetings and completing the annual national Tidy Towns competition application, as part of a like-minded voluntary group taking care of Delgany heritage village and its surroundings.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our secretary role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
We are now on Instagram!
We are now on Instagram! Come on over and follow us @delganytidytowns #keepdelganytidy
Delgany Tidy Towns
2021 Award Winning Team committed to our local Biodiversity and Waterways.
Tidy Towns in November 2021 was awarded the Water and Communities overall national award (€2,000 euro prize) and named second place with 313 points in category C! Thank you to all of our committee members and committed volunteers on a well earned result! (CLICK HERE for the Article)
In February of this year DTT was also awarded a 7,000 euro grant to to support community efforts to protect plants and wildlife and is part of an initiative which supports efforts in 116 communities across the country!
Delgany Community Council would like to congratulate the Tidy Towns group who organized and supported these application, led by our own passionate biodiversity expert and resident Keith Scanlon. Groups are being supported to develop actions which will deliver real results with a Community Biodiversity Plan. Communities will work with an ecologist to draw up a community biodiversity action plan within their local community or with two or 3-5 local landowners. Please email if you are interested in joining these initiatives!
GIVE BACK IN 2025. Join us to help keep Delgany looking its best.
We want to keep Delgany looking great all year round for residents and visitors alike. Delgany Tidy Towns is a team of volunteers who help in many different areas such as litter picking, weeding, planting, sweeping, fundraisers and more.
Tidy Towns is a great initiative to help towns and communities to come together to ensure their towns are great places to live in, work in and visit. We are looking for new volunteers to join us in 2025 - even if you only have 30 minutes to spare every now and again, every little helps!
If you are interested in getting involved or learning more join us on Monday, January 20th at 7pm in the Carmelite Monastery Delgany.
Cannot make it on the 20th? Email delganytidytowns@gmail.com with your contact details, we will add you to our volunteer mailing list and WhatsApp Group.
Celebrating a milestone with Laillí de Buitléar
Last weekend marked a special celebration as we celebrated our cherished volunteer, Laillí de Buitléar turning 91!
Surrounded by family, neighbours and friends, the event held at the Carmelite Monastery was a joyous occasion honoring a truly remarkable woman.
We are truly privileged to have Laillí as part of our Tidy Towns group. Her contributions and spirit continue to enrich our community, and her 91st birthday celebration was a testament to all she has done for Delgany. Here’s to many more wonderful years with Laillí, from all your Tidy Town friends.
Delgany Tidy Towns would like to thank everyone who contributed towards our event for Laillí. Dooleys Auctioneers, Lowick Homes, Cedar Building Company, The Horse & Hound, The Wicklow Arms, Farrelly’s Butchers, The Grocer, Centra Delgany, Bear Paw for their scrumptious sandwiches and a special shout out to June, who pulled the whole thing together.
Photos Greystones Guide
Thank you Sheena!
Delgany Tidy Towns would like to wish Sheena, our former Heritage Officer and clean up coordinator extraordinaire all the best on her retirement from our Tidy Town committee.
Sheena’s contribution and commitment to Tidy Towns can be seen throughout the village, from the Delgany Heritage Trail, Fairy walk and our fantastic online Heritage database, which can be viewed here.
Monday night was Sheena’s final committee meeting and her advice and local knowledge will be sadly missed. Thanks for everything Sheena!
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Chairperson to join our tidy towns team.
As our groups chairperson you will be responsible for the following kind of tasks:
Chairing and leading our regular bi monthly meetings (including our AGM), to discuss the running of the group and making sure decisions are made collectively.
The Chairperson is the main contact for our tidy towns group and liaises with Wicklow County Council and other local groups on our behalf
Work with fellow committee members to maintain standards and introduce new initiatives so that we can be more effective as a group.
Support committee to recruit volunteers.
Leading role in coordinating activities for the group such as clean ups and events.
We recommend you take a look at the official Tidy Towns Guide book to learn more about what is involved when volunteering with a Tidy Town Group - https://www.tidytowns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/General-Information.pdf
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
Give a welcome hand and make a difference in Delgany village.
If you are interested in this voluntary role email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Would you like to help address the challenge of climate change at a local level? 🌍🌡️
Climate change is a key challenge for all of us, and we must act now, particularly in the interests of future generations. We must ensure that what we do today does not compromise Delgany’s environment, but instead enhances it and makes it a place where all generations, current and future, can live in a sustainable way.
As a response to this challenge Delgany Tidy Towns has set up our own Climate Action Group. Keith, our acting Climate Action Officer with the help of our newly appointed Biodiversity Officer, Saorise, are looking for volunteers to help and support them initiate innovative ways to address the challenge of climate change locally.
If you are interested in getting involved and supporting this group email Keith & Saoirse at dtt.climateaction@gmail.com.
Interested in sharing your sustainability knowledge?
You do not need to be an expert, just someone with a passion or interest in getting people to be more sustainable.
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Voluntary Sustainability Officer to join our tidy towns team.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns champion sustainability across the village. Working closely with fellow committee members, local residents and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less.
Min Hours: 2 hours monthly.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns as follows:
Champion sustainability across the village.
Working closely with fellow committee members, residents, and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less
Collaborate with neighbouring tidy town biodiversity activities.
Highlight sustainable practices across the village.
Attend our committee meetings, which take place every 2 months
Help and support the committee with other activities and clean-up days.
We recommend you take a look at the official Tidy Towns Guide book to learn more about what is involved when volunteering with a Tidy Town Group - https://www.tidytowns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/General-Information.pdf
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in this voluntary role and have a passion for creating a more sustainable community email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
The 2024 TT results are in 🥁 🥁....15 more points!
349 Tidy Town points for Delgany!
Thank you to everyone who continue to support us and most importantly a HUGE THANKS to our wonderful volunteers.
Delgany Tidy Towns Village Clean Up September 2024
The Village has never looked better thanks to last Saturday’s clean-up! We are so grateful for our volunteers who worked so hard last weekend and who continue to help us keep Delgany clean and green. Our before and after pictures speak for themselves so THANK YOU SO MUCH! 👏❤️🙌
🤟We also want to give a shout out to the Wicklow Arms for providing our volunteers with some well earned post clean up soup. It definitely hit the spot, thank you!
Missed out on cleaning the Village last weekend? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook or sign up to our newsletter which you can access by scrolling down to the bottom of the following webpage https://delgany.online/dtt
We hope to see you at an upcoming clean-up in the Village to do it all over again and if you know any of our volunteers, please pass on your personal appreciation of their efforts.
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up taking place on Saturday September 28th, from 10am-1pm.
😔 Sadly due to predicted bad weather on Sunday September 29th, the clean up will take place on Saturday only! This also means our planned Sunday BBQ will no longer be going ahead.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
If you would like to volunteer just turn up on a day that suits.
Please help us coordinate and plan for this weekend by registering your attendance here.
Meeting at 10am at the Carmelite Monastery Gates and then splitting into groups each day to clean areas across Delgany.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
Also please join us for some post clean up chat and soup after the clean up at 1.30pm in the Wicklow Arms.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring and use any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Join Delgany Tidy Towns on Saturday, August 17th for a guided walking tour of Delgany's Heritage Trail and the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve*.
Delgany Heritage Trail is set in the charming picturesque village of Delgany. During this guided tour you will weave through scenic beauty, lush woodlands, historical buildings and interesting cottages and gardens.
The trail is just off the N11 motorway, 30 minutes south of Dublin and starts in the heart of the charming heritage village of Delgany.
Some of the stops along the route will include Christ Church, Three Trout Stream, old burial ground and Carmelite monastery. You will also see some wonderful cottages and gardens.
*If the weather is good the tour will also include a walk through the Glen of the Downs with a visit to the recently refurbished Octagon.
We will lead a guided walk from the Wicklow Arms Car Park to the Octagon on Glen of the Downs on Saturday, August 17th 10am -1pm.
Please note the walk includes steep steps, some muddy areas and is not buggy friendly.
You can register your attendance here or email delganytidytowns@gmail.com. ALL WELCOME!
Calling all history buffs!
Delgany's heritage is all around us - its our surrounding landscape, rivers, buildings, history, folklore and customs. It’s what makes our village special.
Help Delgany Tidy Towns preserve and record our heritage by adding to the narrative. Whether you have a story, article or memory to tell or a photo or video you would like to share. Everyone is welcome to participate . Click on the link below to contribute.
https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/get-involved/contribute
If you would like to support our heritage work email delganytidytowns@gmail.com or visit https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/
Interested in sharing your sustainability knowledge?
Delgany Tidy Towns is looking for a Voluntary Sustainability Officer to join our tidy towns team.
This person will support Delgany Tidy Towns champion sustainability across the village. Working closely with fellow committee members, local residents and businesses to help support and promote doing more with less.
If you are interested in this voluntary role and have a passion for creating a more sustainable community email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
Are you wild for wildlife? We are seeking a voluntary Biodiversity Officer to help us protect Delgany's biodiversity.
This person will join the Delgany Tidy Town committee and help us promote and protect local biodiversity.
If you are interested in this voluntary role email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
🆘 Have you seen this plant? 👀
Himalayan Balsam is a pretty pink plant that was first introduced to Ireland as a garden plant, but soon found its way out of gardens and into the countryside, where it has been spreading rapidly ever since and is quickly becoming one of our most aggressive invasive weeds, mainly colonising riverbanks, waste ground and wet woodlands.
Problems caused by Himalayan Balsam include:
🔴 Elimination of local biodiversity.
🔴 Erosion to riverbanks after winter dieback.
🔴 Impedes access to riverbanks for both inspection and recreational use.
🔴 Quickly becoming one of our most aggressive invasive weeds.
If you have seen Himalayan Balsam when out and about locally, please let us know. To report Himalayan Balsam locations please email your sightings and their location to delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Help us preserve the local fairy population!
We are looking for residents young and old to help us clean and manage the upkeep of Delgany Fairy Trail on a continued basis.
If you or your family would like to get involved meet us this Saturday, 22nd June at 10am at the Priory Road Fairy trail entrance.
On Saturday we plan to set up a maintenance plan for the trail.
This would also be a great opportunity to clock up some community volunteering hours if you are taking part in The Presidents Gaisce Awards.
If you would like to get involved but are unable to attend this weekends meet up email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Team DTT
Join us on Monday, 17th June for our AGM.
You are very welcome to attend our AGM where we will be discussing everything we have achieved in the past year, plans for the next 12 months and an opportunity to share your ideas and concerns.
Delgany Tidy Towns is also seeking more volunteers and invite anyone who is interested in helping to attend our annual general meeting.
Every year we hold an AGM, but this year is extra special, it will take place in the future Delgany Community Center.
The meeting will kick start at 7pm at the Carmelite Monastery on Monday, 17th June 2024.
Anyone that has an interest in the future of our beautiful heritage village should come along to hear about what we have been up to and share ideas on how we can improve Delgany for the better.
Join us if you want to help make a difference and have an impact on the quality of life for all residents and visitors to our wonderful village.
Get Involved!
We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. Come meet us on June 17th or contact us via delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Missed this years AGM? Don’t worry check out our updates here.
Special thanks to Dooley Auctioneers and Delgany's Ukranian residents for the lovely refreshments.
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up Weekend taking place on
April 13th & 14th, from 10am-1pm.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
Meeting at 10am each day at the Old Burial Ground and the Carmelite Monastery Gates and then splitting into groups each day to clean areas across Delgany.
Refreshments afterwards from 1pm each day for all volunteers at the Carmelite Monastery Delgany. Kindly sponsored by Dooley Auctioneers.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring and use any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
If you would like to volunteer just turn up on a day that suits or register your attendance online here
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Make your St Patrick's weekend even greener!
Join DTT & Rewild Wicklow and help us plant 250 mixed Irish hedge plants.
Together with Rewild Wicklow our mission is to monitor, protect, enhance, and increase native habitats in Delgany in order to encourage native species such as birds to flourish across our village.
📅 This Saturday, 16th March
🕰️ 10am
📍 Thorndale, Delgany Village
P.S Try and wear some green! 💚 🍀
Volunteers needed this weekend for Delgany Wood hedge cutting and litter picking.
Date: This Sunday, 25th February, 2024
Time: 12 noon - 3pm
Meeting at 1 Cherry Drive, Delgany Wood
Bring gloves, bags & garden tools if you have them!
Today we delivered a few early Christmas gifts to St Lawrence’s National School, Delgany National School & Edengate Park Academy Childcare.
Thank you to Halfway up the stairs bookshop for helping us pick out some wonderful books that we hope will inspire the children of Delgany to help us take care of our planet.
Merry Christmas from Delgany Tidy Towns
DTT Christmas Newletter is Here
Our Christmas Newsletter has just hit the newsstands! Catch up on all our news here!
Small achievable eco goals for Christmas! Swipe ➡️ for our tips!
This December, pick one of these to try! You don’t have to do it perfectly or 100%, but give one a try and see what you think. The best way to start living more sustainably is to start small and do what you can. 💗
🌎 Use what you have for wrapping - paper shopping bags or newspaper work really well. Why not use holly or get the kids to personalise your wrapping with some festive drawings.
🌎 Bring your own shopping bag and keep cup!
🌎 DIY some decor, like homemade garlands or ornaments.
🌎 Make a plan for your leftovers.
🌎 Looking for a Christmas jumper? Thrift it or why not borrow or swap with family and friends.
This year, let’s come together and bring joy to the hearts of Delgany's Ukrainian residents.
Delgany Tidy Towns Ukraine Christmas Gift Appeal is your opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our new neighbours, by donating a gift.
Why Participate? In the spirit of giving, we invite you to be a part of this heartwarming initiative. Our new Ukrainian residents have endured more than their fair share of challenges, and your generosity will brighten their holiday.
😊 Spread Joy: Your gift will bring a smile to someone who needs it most.
🎁 Provide Necessities: Why not make up a lovely gift set with some nice toiletries or perhaps wrap up a pair of funky warm socks! Any gift will make a world of difference.
💌 Make It Personal: This is optional - why not add a note or Christmas card for your recipient to open with their gift.
🙏 Foster Hope: Spread some kindness into the world this festive season.
📍Where & when can I donate a gift: A collection point has been set up in Bear Paw Deli, Delgany Village. Final donation day will be December 22nd.
*Please note this is a gift appeal for the men and woman of the Delganys Ukrainian community. If you would like to donate something for the younger residents please do this via the separate Go Fund Me Appeal. The link for this can be found here.
Wrap up and warm up your vocal chords with your neighbours this Thursday from 7pm outside the Wicklow Arms. We will be accepting cash donations for St Vincent de Paul and offering some festive treats too.
Delgany Christmas Fair
Thanks to everyone that dropped by to say hello and registered their interest in getting involved in DTT in 2024.
Adding Some Christmas Cheer To The Village
Delgany Tidy Towns added a touch of sparkle to the village this month while also working closely with the North Pole to make sure all of Santa's letters from the village reach Santa in time for Christmas.
Santa & the elves are extremely busy at the moment checking their list twice, however during their hot chocolate breaks they do like to reply to some of Santa's letters. We recommend you add Mammy, Daddy or perhaps Granny or Grandad's email address to your letter. You never know you might be one of the lucky boys and girls that receive a reply.
The Delgany Santa Post Box is now located in the heart of the village outside the Delgany Market.
Thank you to our Delgany Tidy Town volunteers for making our village merry and bright this Christmas.
Delgany Tidy Towns are in the process of setting up a Delgany Men's Shed. 🛠️
What is a Men's shed?🤔
A Men's Shed is a dedicated, friendly and welcoming meeting place where men can come together. It's a place where men can share their skills and knowledge with others, learn new skills or redevelop old skills or drop by to have a chat and a cuppa.
If you live in Delgany and would be interested in getting involved email delganytidytowns@gmail.com
Don’t FALL behind on your Delgany Tidy Towns news. Our Autumn Newsletter has just hit your inbox! Read here.
A HUGE thank you to Nathalie and Diane from The Sustainable Life School for an incredibly informative sustainability session and to everyone who participated in our workshop yesterday.
I think everyone who attended will agree that we learned so many ways to achieve a greener and more sustainable Christmas. It was also fantastic to hear everyone's shared understanding and tips on the topic.
Delgany Tidy Towns will be sharing what we learned with you over the coming weeks. If you have any sustainable suggestions you would like to share with the community please reach out, we would love to hear your top tips!
Special shout out to Firehouse Bakery for the yummy treats and Greystones Nazarene Community Centre for providing us with a lovely warm and cozy space.
Are you planning a special festive Christmas but would like to be good to the planet at the same time?
Delgany Tidy Towns Sustainable Christmas Workshop will provide you with tips and advice on how to make your Christmas a sustainable one!
Get ready for a jolly Susty Christmas!
Join Delgany Tidy Towns and Nathalie & Diane from social enterprise The Sustainable Life School for a jolly & informal event getting you in the festive spirit and sustainable ready for the celebrations. This climate friendly session will cover top holiday tips in sustainable fashion, food, energy & packaging. Jingling with lots of tips, interactions and even some practical demos, the session will help you reduce your impact on the environment whilst also saving you money.
If you would like to join us and learn how to make your own repurposed envelopes and cards, just bring some old Christmas cards along with you.
After the event you will have a special e-delivery of the Sustainable Life School resources to help you on your very merry way.
So shop your wardrobe for something festive, red or green and join us.
**Spaces are limited so reserve your ticket now to avoid disappointment** RESERVE YOUR PLACE HERE
Date: Saturday, 18th November 2023
Time: 2.30pm - 4pm
Location: Nazarene Community Church - Burnaby Ave, Killincarrig, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.
Follow The Sustainable Life School on Instagram @thesustainablelifeschool or visit https://www.sustainablelifeschool.ie/
For further information and updates visit our website and social pages.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelganyTidyTowns
Website: ttps://delgany.online/dtt
Trees for Bees
Delgany Tidy Towns and Dcs For Bees are joining forces for a fruit orchard planting project.
The Dcs For Bees “Orchards in the Community” has inspired partners, community groups, schools and individuals across Ireland to plant mixed fruit orchards to provide a much needed early Spring food source for our pollinators.
We are calling on all local Delgany residential estates and associations to get in contact with us with some potential orchard sites in the area. If you have any ideas at all or places you'd like to suggest we'd love to hear from you!
So if you live in Delgany and your residential estate would like to get involved contact delganytidytowns@gmail.com with the following information:
Number of trees your residential estate can accommodate
Pictures of the potential location and area
Name and contact details of residential estate representative.
Suggestion Deadline: Thursday, 16th November 2023.
Visit https://www.hostinireland.com/post/orchards-in-the-community-increases-target-to-2000-orchards to learn more about the project.
Plant the Town Yellow
Did you pick up some free daffodil bulbs at our stand today? Daffodil bulbs are best planted in September - November in well drained soil. They will grow well in sun or part shade. Watch our video above for some more top tips.
Join our Delgany Daffodil challenge!
To celebrate Delgany Tidy Towns recent Tidy Towns Competition result we will be handing out daffodil bulbs to local residents on Saturday, 28th of October.
We are asking everyone in the village to plant our pollinator-friendly bulbs to help safeguard the future of our vital bee population.
October is the perfect time to start planting spring-flowering bulbs to make sure we get that splash of colour in spring 2024.
Join our Delgany Daffodil challenge!
Pick up location: Delgany Village, Outside Centra
When: Saturday, October 28th, 10am - 1pm
We have a limited amount of bulbs so we recommend you arrive as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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If you would like to learn more about ways you can volunteer drop us a line delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
National Reuse Month
October 2023
What is Reuse Month?
October is Ireland’s National Reuse Month. Reuse is about valuing our stuff, by using and reusing it for as long and as often as possible. This avoids the need to extract raw materials, manufacture and distribute new stuff, and avoids waste thereby cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions. Why not make a commitment to reuse as many things as possible to save the environment.
Reduce & Reuse
Tips and advice on reducing waste and reusing certain items around the house.
When people think of being Waste Aware, recycling springs to mind. Better still, though, is reducing our waste by reusing things as much as possible. Here are some tips to help reducing your waster and reusing certain items.
Reduce
Avoid heavily packaged goods
Buy loose fruit and vegetables
Buy products in big containers (like washing powder)
Bring your own bags shopping and skip the government levy
Use refillable or rechargeable products: pens, batteries, cameras
Try growing your own vegetables
Stop junk mail
Repair broken goods as much as possible
Share newspapers, magazines and books with friends and relatives
Use longer-lasting energy-saving CFL light bulbs
Use reusable nappies rather than disposables
Be creative!
Reuse
Again, what you'll reuse will often depend on your own individual factors. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Reuse clothes: charity shops
If you have clothes and other items that you no longer need, donating to a charity shop is a great way to have them reused. For a good list, see the The Irish Charity Shops Association.
Reuse books: exchange programmes
Many children reuse their siblings' schoolbooks, but why not reuse books from other families who are finished with them? All of Wicklow County Councils environmental and recycling centres have book exchange facilities and secondhand schoolbook shops in the summer. Also, School Book Exchange , run in the summer months by Wicklow County Council offers excellent quality reuse school and college books. Books can be purchased for a small fee of €2-€3.
Reuse in the home
Use old jars and tubs for storage
Use washable dishcloths instead of throwaway disposable wipes
Use scrap paper for writing notes
Use a lunch box instead of foil or cling film
Mend clothes and get shoes reheeled so they last longer
Useful Local Reuse Websites
One of the best ways to reuse items is by using one of the online secondhand goods swap sites.
Freecycle groups allow you to give your stuff away free to others, and also to request something that you need.
Below is just a sample of some of the Freecycle groups across Wicklow.
There are also specific freecycle groups for Wicklow Buy & Sell Children’s Clothes & Toys.
The results are in!
The results are in!
The 2023 Tidy Towns competition results hit our inbox last Friday. The competition has been running since 1958 and this year it saw a total of 886 entries one of the highest number of entries on record!
Delgany exceeded its 2022 entry and marked highest in terms of overall tidyness, litter control and our nature and biodiversity efforts.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed and supported us over the past year. Looking forward to achieving an even better result in 2024!
We also want to send many congratulations to our neighbours Greystones Tidy Towns on their fantastic result!
If you would like to learn more about ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Join our Community Clean Up
Tidy up your corner of Delgany on Saturday, September 30th and Sunday, October 1st.
Calling all Delgany residents! Spend 1 hour (or even more) to tidy up your street or estate.
We are asking all Delgany residents to focus on their own roads for this clean up weekend and encourage you to involve our younger residents to help.
Heritage Officer role (Voluntary Role)
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Are you retired or looking for important, interesting local voluntary work?
Do you live in or near Delgany and have an interest in local history?
Would you like to learn how to produce oral history programmes or how to archive images and content?
We are looking for someone to fill our Heritage Officer role (Voluntary Role). This person will be responsible for the following:
To find and archive historical information on the Village
To add content to the website. https://delganyheritagevillage.wicklowheritage.org/
The website is about local history collections and discovers unique articles, photographs, documents, oral histories and personal stories around Delgany.
You will become a member of the Irish Community Archive Network (ICAN) . This is a great support team with lots of access to training and networks. Here is more information about it. https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Learning/Irish-Community-Archive-Network.
The Heritage officer will be supported by the outgoing officer and DTT members
The new Heritage office will also brief the new community worker
The Heritage office will be incharge of any heritage grants or project taken on by DTT
THe Heritage office will also attend DTT meetings 6-8 meetings per year.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our Heritage Officer role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Some small eco goals that will make a BIG impact across Delgany
Check out some small eco goals that will make a BIG impact across Delgany 😊 💚 🌎
Village Clean Up Weekend
Delgany Tidy Towns need volunteers for our upcoming Village Clean Up Weekend taking place on
May 13th & 14th, from 10am-1pm.
Come join us and help keep our heritage village beautiful. Even if you can only give an hour of your time, it will be time well spent helping neighbours and friends clean up our village and its surrounding areas. Volunteers will be litter picking, sweeping footpaths and doing a big tidy-up.
ALL WELCOME! This is a great opportunity for people from across our community to meet up and help keep our village litter free.
Meeting at 10am each day in the Old Burial Ground in the heart of Delgany Village and then splitting into groups to clean one of the 10 Zones across Delgany.
We ask that all volunteers wear gloves.
We have a limited amount of equipment so we ask that you bring any other gardening tools that might be useful across the weekend, such as gloves, brushes, spades, hoes, secateurs etc.
If you would like to volunteer you can register online here
or meet the DTT team in the Old Burial Ground, Delgany Village at 10am on May 13th & 14th.
Email Delgany Tidy Towns at delganytidytowns@gmail.com
You can also reach out to us on social:
Instagram: delganytidytowns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelganyTidyTowns
Secretary role (Voluntary role)
We looking for someone to fill our committee secretary role. This person will be responsible for items like applying for grants, arranging meetings and completing the annual national Tidy Towns competition application, as part of a like-minded voluntary group taking care of Delgany heritage village and its surroundings.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our secretary role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Come meet the Delgany Tidy Town Team at our next meeting
Delgany Tidy Towns needs you!
Join us on Monday, April 24th at 7pm in the Horse & Hound Delgany to learn more about how you can volunteer and help us further enhance our village in 2023. Our aim is to keep our village litter free, enhance the visual attractiveness of public areas, improve biodiversity, promote heritage and encourage sustainability throughout Delgany.
We are also looking for someone to fill our committee secretary role. This person will be responsible for items like applying for grants, arranging meetings and completing the annual national Tidy Towns competition application, as part of a like-minded voluntary group taking care of Delgany heritage village and its surroundings.
Why volunteer with Delgany Tidy Towns?
- A way to meet new people, while giving something back to your community.
- Utilising your skills and talents, while developing new ones along the way.
- Give a welcome hand and make a difference to Delgany village.
If you are interested in our secretary role or would like to learn more about other ways you can volunteer please email delganytidytowns@gmail.com.
We are now on Instagram!
We are now on Instagram! Come on over and follow us @delganytidytowns #keepdelganytidy
Delgany Tidy Towns
2021 Award Winning Team committed to our local Biodiversity and Waterways.
Tidy Towns in November 2021 was awarded the Water and Communities overall national award (€2,000 euro prize) and named second place with 313 points in category C! Thank you to all of our committee members and committed volunteers on a well earned result! (CLICK HERE for the Article)
In February of this year DTT was also awarded a 7,000 euro grant to to support community efforts to protect plants and wildlife and is part of an initiative which supports efforts in 116 communities across the country!
Delgany Community Council would like to congratulate the Tidy Towns group who organized and supported these application, led by our own passionate biodiversity expert and resident Keith Scanlon. Groups are being supported to develop actions which will deliver real results with a Community Biodiversity Plan. Communities will work with an ecologist to draw up a community biodiversity action plan within their local community or with two or 3-5 local landowners. Please email if you are interested in joining these initiatives!
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Sustainable Water Network
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Thank You to Our Clean-Up Volunteers!
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Delgany is the Bees Knees!
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Important Local Utility Contact Numbers
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Energy Saving Ideas
Delgany Tidy Towns at the HEART of Delgany Village
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Recent Press
DTT hitting the headlines!
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Keep in touch on Facebook
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Delgany Beo
Biodiversity Initiatives are at the Heart of Delgany
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Delgany Tidy Towns is now on Instagram!
#keepdelganytidy
Sustainable Delgany
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Ideas and Thoughts about keeping your activities sustainable and earth-friendly. Every difference makes a difference! CLICK HERE
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Adding Orchards and Friendly Flowers is something Tidy Towns is doing, and you can too! CLICK HERE
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Email us to find out more about how you can help our initiatives to make Delgany and your household more sustainable! CLICK HERE
