Editing Clonakilty (section)

==Awards==
The town won the [[Irish Tidy Towns Competition]] in 1999 and was also named 'Ireland's Tidiest Small Town' in 2012, 2017<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/irelands-tidiest-town-for-2017-has-been-revealed-807253.html | website = BreakingNews.ie | title = Ireland's Tidiest Town for 2017 has been revealed | date = 25 September 2017 | access-date = 25 September 2017 | archive-date = 25 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170925171347/http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/irelands-tidiest-town-for-2017-has-been-revealed-807253.html | url-status = live }}</ref> and 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2022 |title=Here are Ireland's newly-crowned Tidy Towns |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/community/ireland-newly-crowned-tidy-towns |access-date=30 October 2024 |website=IrishCentral.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2003, Clonakilty became Ireland's first-ever [[Fairtrade Town]]. In 2007, it was awarded the status of 'European Destination of Excellence' by the European Commission at a ceremony in Portugal and is Ireland's first recipient of this title.{{fact|date=October 2024}}