Cahir Inch Field Retain Green Flag For 2024/2025

Cahir Inch Field Green Flag
Photo by Maria Doyle

Cahir Inch Field has retained its Green Flag Award for 2024/2025 in the category of formal public Green Flag Park sites. The renewal of the award draws attention to the work done by Cahir’s Tidy Towns committee and the local people of Cahir.  The Green Flag Award is only presented to parks and green spaces for exceeding tough environmental standards in management of green spaces and excellent tourist attractions.  

The Green Flag Award is universally recognised as a mark of quality for parks and green spaces showing that they are kept to the highest standards and managed with environmental sustainability in mind.  

Speaking about the significance of the award, Anselm McGowan, District Administrator of Tipperary – Cahir – Cashel said: “Tipperary County Council are proud to be intrinsically involved in achieving this prestigious award. This is a prime example of what can be achieved when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This endeavour would not have been possible without the unwavering commitment of Tipperary-Cahir-Cashel Municipal District, Cahir Tidy Towns and local volunteers who take such pride in this wonderful Public amenity. 

The Tidy Towns adjudication remarked that ‘Winning the Green Flag Award for the second year in a row for the maintenance of the Inch Field is an outstanding achievement and you are wished well in this year’s competition. The Inch Field is a delightful natural resource that can be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. Your efforts to keep it as wild as possible are admirable and you have outlined how you have done this. As stated in an earlier section the “Sleeping Giant” was a major attraction on the day. The “Bees Dining Area” which is very well positioned and the wildflower area bordering on the Golf Course had loads of bee activity on what was a very fine summer’s day’. As an integral part of what Cahir is the winning for a third time of the Green Flag status can only be good for Cahir.”