Nigerian community join with Carlow Tidy Towns to celebrate national holiday
Celebrating Nigeria's 65th Independence Day anniversary members of the Nigerian Carlow Community in partnership with the Carlow Tidy Towns came to together to take part in a clean-up around Carlow Town, also shown is cllr Andrea Dalton
THERE was music, dancing and cake when members of the Nigerian community in Carlow celebrated Nigeria Independence Day recently.
Up to 40 members of the Nigerian community gathered in Carlow town to mark the 65th anniversary of their country’s independence. They teamed up with Carlow Tidy Towns including chairman Matt Cocci and member Pat Breen and spent several hours cleaning up the town centre before planting a commemorative tree in Shaw Park. They then met up at Potato Market where they played music and danced at the fountain before tucking into cake and refreshments. They were joined by Minister of State, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor, MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, cllr Andrea Dalton and cllr Fergal Browne as well as members of Carlow’s new communities and local people.
“We wanted to celebrate Nigeria Independence Day but we also wanted to give something back to Carlow so we got in touch with the tidy towns group. We spent about four hours cleaning up the town centre before we met up at the fountain where we had a party. People joined in with the music and dancing so it was lovely,” said Adetula Temiola who organised the event.
