Kilcullen GAA ready to embark on ambitious expansion plans

Kilcullen GAA club is set to embark on an exciting new chapter as it prepares to undertake a major expansion project.

“This new development will support not only the GAA community, but the entire community of Kilcullen,” said the club.

“The community fitness walkway along with the cycle track will give the community a 1km track away from heavy traffic in the town, currently in Kilcullen it is difficult to find a walking path or track where you are not breathing in fumes from a town suffering with heavy traffic congestion. The only options are to walk out into unlit roads in the countryside that are unsafe and not an option in the winter.

“We have chosen to give our project the title, Field of Dreams. The hard work now begins to make this dream a reality.”

The project includes two new juvenile grass pitches, an adult grass pitch on lands adjoining the existing grounds, an all-weather 30m x 15m training area with double sided ball wall and floodlights, a community fitness walkway and cycleway with active travel connections to existing neighbouring active transport nodes, alterations to the existing car parking to include additional coach and car parking bays and bicycle parking.

Kilcullen GAA club has seen huge growth over the past decade with just under 1,100 members in a town with a population of approximately 3,710.

The club acquired an additional eight acres of land beside the main pitch on a long-term lease from Kildare County Council in 2019.With input from the entire community, the club discussed, planned, surveyed, and assessed the situation. Planning was submitted in November 2022 and was approved on Friday January 27.

At the moment the club manages to host training and matches across two pitches, which has bee n logistically challenging.

The skills wall is also a much needed asset, especially camogie and hurling which have been reintroduced in the club in the last five years at juvenile level.