Adopted by the local community under An Taisce’s Clean Coast Scheme, the coastline of Drumcliffe Bay SAC at Doonierin is the subject of an annual clean-up each May as part of Clean Coast Week, as well as ongoing monitoring for illegal dumping.

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Beginning in 2006 as the Kintogher Spring Clean event, this annual community event now encompasses both Drumcliffe and Rathcormac village areas and their wider environs. Each April, the now Drumcliffe Rathcormac Spring Clean event sees approximatley 300 local residents, school children, and Scouts taking part in cleaning several kilometres of national, regional and local roads…
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Bat Project 2013

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As part of our Tidy Towns Wildlife Education programme, local resident and environmentalist Barbara McInerney presented a Bat Talk/Walk to which 104 persons attended. This event followed Barbara’s work with local scouts and residents in building and erecting bat boxes throughout the twin village areas (note bat boxes in trees outside Rathcormac church).
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Rathcormac Japanese Knotweed Project 2012 onwards

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A 2009 County Council-commissioned survey of Rathcormac identified four instances of Japanese Knotweed in the village area and further survey work by Tidy Towns volunteers identified seven additional sites in the immediate area. In response, the Tidy Towns Committee, with Sligo Heritage Office support, commenced a spraying programme to eradicate the plant from the village…