Grant aid secured to upgrade Carrick-on-Suir riverside amenity 

A Carrick-on-Suir community group has received government funding to further develop the Bog Field in Carrickbeg into an amenity for the town. 

Carrick-on-Suir and District Lions Club said it was delighted to be approved the grant aid from Tipperary County Council and the Waters and Communities Office for another phase of improvements to the Bog Field. 

The Club said the project includes the spraying and eradication of Japanese Knotweed and other invasive species growing along the riverbank and the erection of additional seating and information panels.

The riverbank at the Bog Field, traditionally used by salmon fishermen, has become almost inaccessible due to the prolific spread of the Japanese Knotweed.

 The Lions Club said it will use a specialist contractor to eliminate the knotweed combined with volunteer labour to clear access along the riverbank.

 The Club's have already carried out substantial clean ups of the Bog Field area during National Spring Clean  Week.   

The Club has invited members of the public to submit suggestions of appropriate phrases, preferrably “as Gaeilge” that might feature on the two new seats/benches it will install at the Bog Field. 

The  three  seats provided by the Lions Club in the amenity area  in Carrickbeg next to Dillon Bridge are individually inscribed with the following phrases: "Ar bhóithrín na smaointe in aice le Tobar na gCrann"; "Tóg go bog é agus lig do scíth", "An Charraig – don laoch agus don mhadra".

The location for the new seats will be closer to the Old Bridge with views of Slievenamon, the Town Clock and the Quayside between the bridges. 

The Lions Club has invited people to submit their suggested phrases to the Club's Facebook page.