represented Ireland in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Awards Skerries has received several awards for its scenery, culture, and community activities. For example, Skerries came second in the 2014 Best Place to Live in Ireland awards. The town is also the only place to have won an award as an entire community at RTÉ & Rehab's People of the Year Awards in 2011. In 2016, Skerries was named Ireland's Tidiest Town by the Supervalu National Tidy Towns competition. Skerries was rated as one of Europe's ten most beautiful cities by the Eating Europe Food Tours blog. Sport Local sports clubs include Skerries Harps GAA (the local Gaelic Athletic Association club), Skerries Town Football Club (an association football (soccer) team), and Skerries RFC (the area's rugby union club). Other clubs include Skerries Sailing Club, which is located by the harbour and is the home to a dinghy and cruiser fleet. The Measle dinghy was designed locally and introduced in Skerries in 1960. BirdWatch Ireland, Fingal branch, gives presentations and arranges outdoor events. The town also hosts the annual Skerries 100 and Killalane motorcycle races. Religion Skerries is a parish in the Fingal North deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. Skerries is served by Holmpatrick St Patrick, Church of Ireland, and Skerries Methodist Church. Notable people Steven Beattie, association footballer Bobby Beggs, Gaelic footballer Bryan Cullen, Gaelic footballer Lyndsey Davey, Gaelic footballer David Drumm, former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank Fontaines D.C. lead singer, Grian Chatten Ciarán Frawley, rugby player Jim Glennon, former rugby player and politician Thomas Hand, Irish revolutionary killed in the Irish War of Independence. Hand Street bears his name and there is a commemorative plaque outside his former house on Baltrasna Lane. Killian Keane, rugby player Alan O'Connor, rugby player See also List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Dublin) List of towns and villages in Ireland Skerries railway station References External links Skerries homepage Towns and villages in Fingal Balrothery East