Drogheda Tidy Towns volunteers were out in action Sunday for National Spring Clean clearing the car park area beside Paupers Graveyard, known locally as Bully’s acre.
This area is one of the Drogheda Tidy Towns Adopted Areas by Dominick, Dave, Conor, Emma, and baby Croía. A couple of weeks ago the gang went out and collected 17 bags of rubbish, litter, and green waste, and again last week they collected another 19 bags of waste and a number of larger items illegally dumped in the ditches. It was really disappointing to find so much household waste in the ditches just illegally dumped. Truth it is really annoying! 
They picked up everything from baby nappies, dog bowel, a dog house, alcohol bottles, and cans. That lovely person also must have just painted a couple of rooms as we found cans of paint, brushes, and wooden planks. We are making progress day by day.
For the next phase, we are hoping to plant some pollinator Irish plants in the little bedding area we cleared that had 9 bags of litter/rubbish.
Any suggestions on the type of plants we can grow here?
The Dream:
We also headed into Bully’s Acre for a little look and we have some dreams about how this area could look and making it accessible to the Drogheda community again and of course remembering those that are buried here in Bully’s Arce.
Two gentlemen stopped by to talk with us throughout the day and we realized both of these men had just visited loved ones in St. Mary’s graveyard who passed away. They both talked about coming up to the graveyard and how we are doing a great job. Both men actually spent about 10/15 mins sitting in their cars after visiting loved ones in the graveyard, so this got us thinking about Bully’s Acre, how peaceful of a place it is, and wouldn’t it be amazing if we could give this space back to the people of the town and also a place to sit and take a moment after visiting a lost one.
Interesting Fact:
Did you know that the first burial at Bully’s Acre was recorded as taking place in the mid-1850s but the burial ground might pre-date Bully’s Acre. There are no gravestones at those buried here only recalled by a Celtic Cross. It would be amazing if we could reopen Bully’s Acre to the public as a memorial park.
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