Hi everybody! - Monkstown Village Tidy District

Hi everybody!

Well after three long months we are
delighted to get back to business —
and to send out our first Tidy District
e-Bulletin. In this occasional e-bul-
letin, we will keep you up to date on
our activities — as well as interesting
local news and events. Keep an eye as
well on our Facebook page (www.-
facebook.com/monkstownvillage) for
the latest community happenings.

                                                    Stella, Julie and Ronan
Our Weekly Village Cleanup                           get ready for action
started up again last Saturday with
blue skies and a good turnout. We
were especially happy to welcome
our youngest ever volunteer, baby         DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: June 27
Stella White, who brought her parents     National Spring Clean Day 2020.
Julie and Ronan (pictured right)          We’ll mark the day with a special
                                          two-hour cleanup that will include the
Follow Stella’s excellent example and     beachfront. We’ll have lots to do —
join us any Saturday morning for an       we’ve all seen the grassy area beyond
hour between 10.30am and 11.30am.         Salthill and Monkstown Dart station
The Church of Ireland grounds are         after a sunny day. Our thanks mean-
still closed so our new base is in the    while to our neighbours along the
carpark of St Patrick’s Parish Centre     Dart for all their work cleaning litter
across the road in Alma Place.            from the linear park at Clifton Ter-
                                          race. And thanks to the CBC
All are welcome so come along             Monkstown boys, who organised
whenever you can make it. No need         their own village cleanup last week.
to bring anything — we provide the        Onward and upward!
equipment and take all the appropri-
ate hygiene precautions.

A Blue Flag has been flying at            self-guided walk around
Seapoint Beach since last Mon-            Monkstown village, put together by
day, June 15 (see photo below) —          local historian Seamus Cannon. It is
great summer news for us all.             the first of a series of articles we
Along with Portmarnock, Sea-              will bring you from Seamus, which
point was one of only two Dublin          are full of interesting snippets.
                                          https://monkstownvillage.ie/wp-
beaches to be awarded the covet-
                                          content/uploads/2020/06/Exploring-
ed flag this year. Well done all
                                          Historic-Monkstown-1.pdf.
who help make this happen.
                                         • Couch culture : Had enough of
                                          Netflix? There are plenty of alterna-
                                          tives available. Dun Laugher’s
                                          Pavilion Theatre has been updating
                                          a useful weekly blog with links to
                                          all kinds of online cultural activities
                                          you can enjoy from home (https://
                                          www.paviliontheatre.ie/blog/post/
                                          cultural-activities-from-the-com-
                                          fort-of-your-own-home). If you are
                                          trying to figure out how to entertain
                                          the kids this Saturday, June 20, New
                                          York’s Irish Arts Centre is hosting a
                                          big puppet singalong that sounds
On your bikes! Good news for              like fun for kids of all ages.
those of you who like heading to the
                                           (These are testing times for our arts com-
sea on your bicycles. DLRCoCo has
installed 35 new bike stands at Sea-       munity. The Pavilion is appealing for dona-
point — 20 near Brighton Vale, and         tions to help it through this period and se-
another 15 near the Sailing Club. This     cure its future. You can donate through its
week also brought the big announce-        website if you would like to do so.)
ment that work will start in July on a
two-way coastal bicycle lane part that
                                         • A tale of a Monkstown tree :
will run along Seapoint Avenue.           Did you know Dun Laoghaire
                                          Rathdown Council (DLRCoCo)
                                          only ever issued one Tree Preserva-
AS THE VILLAGE WAKES UP                   tion Order — for a lime tree in
                                          Monkstown’s Belgrave Square?
• A local refresher : What better         Read on for more: https://dublinin-
 time to appreciate our lovely local      quirer.com/2020/06/10/in-dun-
 surroundings — even if this week’s       laoghaire-rathdown-some-question-
 predicted heatwave proved a damp         why-only-one-tree-preservation-or-
 squib. Take a break and enjoy this       der-has-ever-been-issued.

• Caring for others : Some of you         Paid-up members get priority booking
  may be feeling under extra pressure     for events where we have to keep
  at this time. Family Carers Ireland     numbers limited. They can stand for
  is offering a free, short-term online   our committee and vote at our AGM.
  and phone counselling service. You
  can access the service through:         This year’s AGM is scheduled for
  https://familycarers.ie or Freephone    Tuesday July 14 at 7.30pm, and un-
  1800 24 07 24.                          fortunately it will be by Zoom. Some
                                          of you will already have seen the
                                          AGM agenda, which was emailed out
COMING UP                                 this week.

We’ll update you next week about our      If you’re a signed-up 2020 member,
biodiversity and environmental            thanks very much. If not, join us!
plans and upcoming activities and         Your support makes our activities
events. Also with our green hats on,      possible.
we just lodged our submission to An
Bord Pleanala in relation to the pro-     That’s everything for this week, back
posed high-rise development at Dal-       in touch soon. You are always wel-
guise House on Monkstown Road,            come to contact us with any local
focusing on plant biodiversity, water     news or your community ideas. And
quality in the Stradbrook Stream and      we’d love you to share any historical
heron and bat habitats. The deadline      material or photos relating to
for observations to An Bord Pleanala      Monkstown’s heritage. This would
was today, Thursday June 18, and          help us to develop our local historical
more general local concerns such as       and cultural archive to share with you
traffic and building density were ad-     all on our community website.
dressed in detail in other submissions.
                                          Meanwhile, stay safe,

FINALLY, THE HUSTLE!                      The Tidy District Team
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