Donations grow for flowers

Several businesses and many individuals have already given in their donations towards the flowers which have brightened up Kilcullen in an otherwise miserable summer.

Almost €8,000 has been given so far towards the estimated €10,000 cost of the floral displays, including the window-boxes which lined the first floors of most Main Street premises, the hanging baskets, and the various tubs on the footpaths.

"There were very few gaps in the street this year," KCA chairman Kieran Forde noted at the recent meeting of the organisation, the first of the autumn/winter season.

"They looked very well," Esther Kiely added, a sentiment that was echoed around the table.

There are still quite a number of Main Street premises occupiers who have yet to respond to the appeal for donations, but Kieran Forde said he was confident that the total cost would be achieved with the help of these people.

Brian Byrne.