Our club is embarking on an ambitious project to enhance our facilities, ensuring that our members have access to the best possible resources.

Among the planned upgrades are a new all-weather pitch and an astro training area, which will provide our teams with top-tier surfaces to train and play on, regardless of the weather conditions. This will greatly enhance our training capabilities and match preparedness, fostering the growth and development of our players.

In addition to the new pitches, we are also focused on improving other essential aspects of our club’s infrastructure. Enhanced drainage systems will be installed to prevent waterlogging, ensuring that our pitches remain in excellent condition throughout the year. We are also expanding our car parking facilities to accommodate more vehicles, making it easier for members and visitors to access our grounds. Furthermore, other services and amenities around the club will be upgraded to improve the overall experience for everyone who visits.

Phase 1

To be completed by early 2025

This phase of the development will include the extension of the main pitch walkway around the perimeter of the juvenile pitch. In addition, a new biocycle wastewater treatment unit and drainage area will be installed, and the car parking facilities will be extended into the grass triangle behind the clubhouse.

This phase is focused on improving the community amenities in the complex, with the needed replacement of the outdated septic tank, improvement to car parking, and the expansion of the community walkway to provide enhanced amenities for all users of the complex.

Phase 2

To be completed by late 2025

This phase of the development will include the conversion of the car park in the old tennis courts into a high grade astro surface training area, that will provide training facilities for our juvenile teams all year round.

This will greatly improve the training experience for our younger teams in particular and will extend their playing and training season for longer during periods of wet weather.

Phases 3 & 4

To be completed between 2027 & 2029

These 2 phases of the development plan include the larger scale planned enhancements, and will be sequenced according to grant funding and financial supports available over the period. It will include; 

  1. Enhancement and upgrade to the clubhouse building. This is slated to include improvements to the dressing rooms, meeting facilities, and introduce other social gathering points. Further details of these plans will be introduced at a later date. 
  2. A new artificial surface adult size all-weather playing pitch, which will be located on the imprint of the current ‘back’ pitch in the St. Margaret’s complex. This will greatly enhance the playing and training opportunity for all teams in the club, and will help us to maximise the availability of suitable playing surfaces regardless of the weather conditions. This will also include a walkway/viewing surface along the pitch.

To succeed with this development plan and to continue to provide the necessary facilities for our juvenile teams to build their future within St. Margarets GAA Club, your support will be needed.

The club will seek the support of various grant funding that may be available to the club to help develop the planned facilities. 

In addition, support from the local corporate community will be vital to funding the provision of these community facilities.

Support from all members, players, and users of the facilities will be needed to help achieve this ambitious plan. There will be many different ways to support the ambitious plans, including various fundraisers along the way. But most of all, the club needs your positive support to get behind the development plan and help make it a reality.

There are various ways to provide your support over the next 5 years. These include:

  • Our new limited availability opportunity for individuals to show their support through our Club Patrons Board. Recently launched, this has already attracted support from over 50 Patrons, and is the ideal way to show that you are behind the plans to develop our community facilities.
  • Corporate Sponsor and partnering: We have a range of corporate sponsorship and partnership opportunities available. If you are a local business, big or small, and would like to show your support for the community and build your social responsibility legacy, we would be delighted to speak with you. Why not join us on our club and community development journey?
  • Pitch Side signs: In addition to being included in our business sponsorship and partnering options, pitch side signs are also separately available around our main pitch. This is the ideal way to show that your business is a supporter of the St. Margaret’s community. One year and multi-year options are available.
  • Fundraising events: Our 2024 OsKaRs was a great success, which set us on our way to extending the walkway facilities. We will have various other events over the next few years – big and small – and these will be a great opportunity to come together socially for a great occasion and also to help support the achievement of the development plans. 

If you would like any further information on the club’s development plan or to lend your support in any way, please contact any member of the Executive Committee or any member of the Fundraising & Development Committee for more details. Email to development@stmargaretsgaa.ie