The Beautiful Blackrock Awards ceremony for 2016 was held in the Clermont Arms on November the 1st. The prizes were sponsored by Flanagan Motors. Here is a list of all the prizewinners:
Gardens and Floral Displays
Best Hanging Baskets / Window Boxes
Winner: Rosemary Rogers
2nd prize: Tom Kenny
3rd prize: Sean & Dympna Wilson
Commended: Kay Daly; Oliver Dillon
Best Small Garden
Winner: Bridgena Waring
2nd prize: Tony Sharkey
3rd prize: Pauline White
Commended: Dermot & Kitty Duffy; Sam & Ingrid McAlester; Linda Meehan; Oonagh O’Hagan
Best Garden
Winner: Anne Smyth
2nd prize Edmund & Maureen Sheridan
3rd prize: Geraldine & Declan Conlon
Commended: Joan Breen; Diane Arthur
Passion for Gardening Award: Thomas & Cabrini Lambe
Best Presented Commercial Premises
Special Award Belles Tea Rooms
Commended Mullen’s
Bronze Awards
Mace
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Neptune
The Home Bakery
Silver Awards
Bayview Inn
Blackrock Flowers
Café Acqua
Gold Awards
The Black Wok
The Brake
The Clermont Arms
Special Award Dundalk Golf Club
Best Presented Housing Estates
Bronze Awards
Marlmount
The Orchard
Seaford Gardens
Ard Shee
Stamanaran
Silver Awards
Clermont Manor
Sandfield Gardens
Blackrock Cove
Fane View
The Meadows
Sandy Grove & Sandy Grove Close
Wallaces Cove
Cois Farraige
Hamilton
St. Fursey’s Tce
The Ferns
Gold Awards
Ard na Mara
Beech Park
Earlsfort
Elm Park
The Links
Mariner’s Court
Rathmount
Rock Court
Blackrock Volunteer of the Year: Fra Brady