Stradbally and Lismore both struck gold at this year's Tidy Towns Awards.
The county Waterford locations secured over 350 marks each and were awarded a Gold Medal and €900 in the annual competition.
Ennis in County Clare claimed the top prize ahead of 847 entries across the country.
The County Clare town beat the likes of Cobh in Co Cork, Offaly village Geashill and Abbeleix in Co Laois, for the top prize at the RDS in Dublin.
Speaking after the awards ceremony, Minister Humphreys said: “This is a fantastic achievement for Ennis who are very deserving winners. Ennis first entered the SuperValu TidyTowns competition in 1959 and continue to showcase all that is good about community and volunteerism.
"They have been consistently achieving high standards in the competition at local, regional, national and European level and won the competition previously in 2005.
"Given the tremendous interest in the competition and the increasing efforts made by all entrants, it is a wonderful achievement to take the national title for a second time; this really demonstrates that resilience and determination do reap rewards."
Elsewhere across county Waterford, Ballymacarbry, Ardmore, Dungarvan and Tramore secured silver awards and €700.
Minister Humphreys also announced a special allocation of €1.5 million in funding to support the work of individual TidyTowns Committees around the country to assist them in their continued efforts to enhance their towns and villages.
This is the fifth consecutive year that funding has been provided to support these Committees and brings the total allocated since 2017 to €6.7 Million.
