Spar Castlegregory

24/12/2025

16/12/2025

Ho Ho Ho

12/12/2025

Great evening with Santa. A big thanks to Josephine Pat and the choir who entertained us with Christmas Carol's Happy Christmas to everyone 🎄🎄

12/12/2025

Fun with Santa

12/12/2025

They're excited to see Santa @ 4pm this evening.

03/12/2025

*** Change of plan. Santa can't make it to Castlegregory this Sunday but hopes to be here on Friday 12th @ 4pm ***

15/11/2025

Cards in store

15/11/2025

Here comes 2026 ........

30/10/2025

What they get up to when we're not there 👻👻

27/10/2025

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💚 Castlegregory TidyTowns – Four Super Value TidyTowns Competition Award Wins! 💚

We’re absolutely delighted to share that Castlegregory has brought home four awards in this year’s SuperValu TidyTowns Competition:

🌍 National Village / Small Town Climate Action Award
🌿 National Leave No Trace Award
🐝 Regional Pollinator Award (South West & Mid-West)
🏆 Endeavour Award for the biggest improvement in marks in the county (up from 293 to 310 marks!)

These awards celebrate everything that makes our village special: the teamwork, creativity, and community spirit behind every flower planted, beach cleaned, hedge trimmed, sign painted, and idea shared.
A heartfelt thank you to our brilliant volunteers, and all our regular and 2025 supporters:
* Different individuals who supported with monetary and/or material donations, taking part in our projects, and cleaning outside their front door.
* Castlegregory Community Council.
* Local community groups, in particular, The Rambling House, the Summer Festival, the Youth Group, Tri Na Ceile, and Slainte Seniors.
* St. Mary’s Church Group for hosting coffee mornings and assisting us in fundraising.
* Di**le Peninsula Open Gardens Event.
* Local schools who supported litter picks.
* Local businesses who sponsored the national litter pick
* Kerry County Council who supports us with funding through a variety of grants, and hands on with litter collection, repairs to amenities, installing the lights in the playground, advice and guidance.
* Bat Conservation Ireland who supported our Bat Mosaic Project.
* Creative Ireland who supported our Bat Mosaic Project.
* Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht who supports us with grant funding.

You have all helped make Castlegregory cleaner, greener, and kinder to nature.

Here’s to keeping the momentum going — and to another great year ahead for our village! 🌸

24/10/2025

Castlegregory Tidy Towns 2025 has been busy with several projects, including being shortlisted for Ireland's Greenest Places 2025 and receiving a grant for a new recycled plastic planter. In the main SuperValu Tidy Towns competition, Castlegregory is registered in the Large Town/Large Urban Centre category. The group is also involved in local initiatives like maintaining pollinator gardens, water conservation, and community cleanup efforts.

Key 2025 activities and achievements

Ireland's Greenest Places 2025:

Castlegregory Tidy Towns and Maharees Heritage and Conservation were shortlisted for this national competition.

Grant funding:

They received a €700 grant from the Kerry County Council Community Support Fund 2025 to create a new three-tiered planter made from recycled plastic.

SuperValu Tidy Towns competition:

The group is registered in the Large Town/Large Urban Centre category for the 2025 competition.

Biodiversity and sustainability:

Projects include:

Planting pollinator gardens and maintaining them as biodiverse habitats.

Installing water butts and supporting water conservation.

Supporting bats in the village with bat boxes and awareness campaigns.

Conducting biodiversity mapping and walks.

Supporting sustainability and circular economy events.

Community engagement:

Volunteers meet weekly for projects like weeding, cleaning, and litter picking.

They partner with other local groups, such as the school and the community council.

They organize events like seashore explores.