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Limerick Tidy Towns January Award goes to St Michaels Rowing Club

As Limerick City Tidy Towns January Award, St Michael’s Rowing Club is their first winner for 2018 and will be in with the chance of winning this year’s overall prize at their annual event to be held early in 2019.

Limerick City Tidy Towns January Award 2018 has been presented to St Michael’s Rowing Club on O’Callaghan’s Strand.  Pictured inside the club being presented with the award by Maura O’Neill of Limerick City Tidy Towns are Brian Richardson, Club Captain and Alice McKeown, Club Member.  (Photo: Sophie Goodwin/ILoveLimerick)

Limerick Tidy Towns’ first Monthly Award for 2018 goes to St Michael’s Rowing Club on O’ Callaghan’s Strand

As Limerick City Tidy Towns January Award 2018, St Michael’s Rowing Club is their first winner for 2018 and will be in with the chance of winning this year’s overall prize at their annual event to be held early in 2019.   The overall winner for 2017 has already been selected by an online poll, and all winners will shortly be invited to Limerick Tidy Towns 2018 event where the winner will be announced and prize awarded.

Maura O’Neill from Tidy Towns said “Since our monthly awards first started back in January 2014, we have mainly given them to businesses such as retail outlets, pubs and offices in the city centre, so are delighted to have a sports club as a monthly winner, particularly one with such huge links to the river, which is obviously an integral part of the appearance of our lovely city.  We were particularly impressed with St Michael’s new slipway which is a great addition to the riverscape, and obviously adds to the activity on the river.  The clubhouse exterior is also tidy and well maintained, and it is a great asset to the O’ Callaghan Strand area of the city.” Due to this they were given the Tidy Towns January Award 2018.


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Founded in 1901, St Michael’s Rowing Club is one of Ireland’s Premier Rowing Club, and caters for oarsmen and oarswomen from Junior 12 to the more experienced “Masters”, with members of all ages.  During the past three decades, the club has established itself as one of the major forces in Irish rowing by winning no less than 37 championships of all grades from Junior to Senior.   In 2007, the club won the covered Senior VIII “Big Pot” and became the first crew to bring the trophy to Limerick in 80 years.   Throughout the years, it has had members selected for international competitions including World Championships and Olympic Regattas, but the club is also proud of its non-competitive and less strenuous pleasure-rowing which takes place throughout the year.   New members are always welcome, both beginners and experienced, so please contact the captain at [email protected] or call 061 325 264.

Limerick Tidy Towns would like to thank Sophie from I Love Limerick for taking the photographs for the Tidy Towns January Award and all of their monthly awards.

If you wish to volunteer with Limerick Tidy Towns they meet every Sunday morning at 11 am at the corner of Thomas Street and O’Connell Street, and on Wednesday evenings at 6 pm outside the White House during summer months. For further details you can like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, check their website here  or email [email protected].

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Richard is a presenter, producer, songwriter and actor. He was named the Limerick Person of the Year (2011) and won an online award at the Metro Éireann Media and Multicultural Awards (2011) for promoting multi-culturalism online. Richard says that the ilovelimerick.com concept is very much a community driven project that aims to document life in Limerick. So, that in 20 years time people can look back and remember the events that were making the headlines.