Clonakilty in West Cork has been named the best town in Ireland.
And in the UK.
It beat Blackpool in North West England and Todmorden in West Yorkshire to win the coveted Great Town Prize at the 2017 Urbanism Awards in London.
Clonakilty wasn't the only Irish winner - WaterfordÂ’s Viking Triangle won The Great Place Award.
Congratulations to all of our #UrbanismAwards finalists! pic.twitter.com/uu6we3392i
— Academy of Urbanism (@theAoU) November 16, 2016
Congratulations to #clonakilty for winning the #UrbanismAwards !!! So happy to live here and work here! Cheers!!
— Clonakilty Brew (@ClonakiltyBrew) November 18, 2016
#Waterford @Viking_Triangle named GREAT PLACE winner at #UrbanismAwards last night @WLRFMnews @WaterfordIYP @Failte_Ireland @poloconghaile pic.twitter.com/Xwc9pP3TBF
— Business Waterford (@BizWaterford) November 17, 2016
The judges praised Clonakilty for its distinctiveness, tradition and strong sense of local pride.
It's also quite famous for it's pudding.
Susan Keogh has been speaking to the owner of Clonakilty Pudding Colette Twomey about why she thinks Clonakilty is so great:
