Over 50 sports clubs and groups across Co. Westmeath are to receive a total of over €6.7million euro as part of the Community Sport Facilities Fund, formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme.
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., and the Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education and the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne T.D., today announced 1,996 grants with a total value of €230m for new and improved sports facilities and equipment throughout the country under the Community Sport Facilities Fund, formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme.
The €230m allocation announced today follows May’s allocation of €26m for sports equipment which brings the total investment in community sport and recreation in 2024 to an unprecedented €256m. This is a 50% increase on the funding allocated in early 2022 under the 2020 round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme.
Over 40 separate sports, as well as multi-sport facilities throughout the country, will benefit from the community sport grants announced today. Each application was assessed under criteria including population density, deprivation and access to facilities. Unsuccessful applicants can appeal any grant applications deemed invalid.
You can find a full list of the successful Westmeath clubs and groups and their allocation below:
Westmeath projects – €4,745,443
| Name of Club | Funding amount (€) | Description |
| Athlone Boat Club | €172,580 | Facilities Enhancement Project |
| Athlone GAA | €178,606 | Accessibility walkways and MUGA participation area |
| Ballynacargy GAA Club | €162,709 | Ballynacargy GAA Club |
| Brownstown Hurling Club | €146,629 | Upgrade Playing Facilities |
| Bunbrosna GAA Club | €109,555 | GAA & LGFA Upgrade of Facilities |
| Castledaly GAA | €34,882 | Castledaly Plan 2023 |
| Castlepollard Hurling Club | €136,874 | Castlepollard GAA Park Works |
| Caulry GAA | €71,588 | Gym equipment , spectator stand and ball stop |
| Coralstown Kinnegad GAA | €112,918 | Facilities upgrade |
| Cullion Hurling Club | €153,648 | Cullion Hurling Club Dressing Rooms and Facilities |
| Delvin GAA | €29,257 | Upgrade Pitch Facilities |
| Garrycastle GAA club | €52,946 | Ball Practice Wall and erection of two dugouts. |
| Horseleap / Streamstown Community Association | €146,522 | Installation of Pitch Lights and Dug Outs |
| Kilbeggan Shamrocks GAA Club – | €150,390 | Kilbeggan Shamrocks Facilities Upgrade |
| Lough Lene Gaels GAA | €141,007 | Construction Of Astroturf Pitch |
| Maryland GAA Club – | €94,556 | Main Pitch Development & Gym Equipment |
| Midland Warriors RFC | €56,684 | Female Changing Rooms |
| Milltown GAA | €144,056 | Facilities Development Project 2023-2025 |
| Milltownpass Gaelic Football Club | €182,717 | Milltownpass GAA Floodlights & Security Fencing |
| Mullingar Cricket Club | €121,456 | Mullingar Cricket Club New Ground Development |
| Mullingar Handball Club | €174,676 | Mullingar Handball Ladies and Inclusion Project |
| Mullingar Shamrocks GAA Club | €200,000 | Reconstruction of Playing Pitch |
| Multyfarnham GAA Club | €145,966 | Provide Facilities One Club Model Multyfarnham GAA |
| Raharney GAA | €142,021 | Hurling & Camogie Pitch Lighting (LED) |
| Raharney United Football Club | €60,757 | Increase female/disabled membership numbers |
| Ringtown GAA Hurling Club | €65,896 | Equipment & Walkway Project 2023 |
| Rochfortbridge Pitch and Putt club | €11,960 | – Irrigation System |
| Rosemount GAA | €115,402 | Energy Efficient LED floodlighting of pitches |
| Shandonagh GAA | €110,963 | Astro Pitch to Further Expand Facilities for All |
| St Colmcille’s Sports Park Company Ltd | €28,984 | Upgrade of Clubhouse & New Mower |
| St Loman’s Mullingar GAA Club | €167,538 | Upgrade of Floodlighting |
| St Malachys GAA Club | €4,495 | Provision of Pitch side Dugouts |
| St Mary’s, Rochfortbridge | €195,175 | Energy-efficient LED lighting system for 2 Pitches |
| St Oliver Plunkett’s Hurling Club | €199,327 | St. Oliver Plunkett’s Hurling Club GYM |
| St. Paul’s Gaelic Football Club [Clonmellon] | €72,358 | Supply and install ball stop netting & goals |
| Tang GAA Club | €45,257 | Facilities Improvement 2023 |
| The Downs GAA Club | €132,885 | Astro training area and robotic mower |
| Tubberclair GAA | €90,957 | Tubberclair GAA Pitch facilities upgrade |
| Turin Hurling Club | €166,106 | Hurling wall and Astro turf area. |
| Tyrrellspass GAA club | €200,000 | Juvenile Pitch, Fencing, Ball Catchers & Goals. |
| Wings Rhythmic Gymnastics Club | €15,144 | Rhythmic Gymnastics in the Midlands Equipment Fund |
Equipment Allocations – €129,455
| Name of Club | Funding amount (€) | Description |
| 9th Westmeath Milltownpass Scout Group | €16,467 | Equipment |
| Killucan Ladies Football Club | €35,742 | New Lawnmower, New Dugouts New Pitch Line Marker |
| Moate Golf Club | €40,000 | Sustainability project Moate Golf Club |
| Westmeath Camogie | €37,246 | Equipment |
Regional Projects – €1,852,249
| Name of Club/Group | Funding amount (€) | Description |
| Athlone Institute of Technology | €365,809 | TUS Midland Athletic Track Surface & Cage Replacement |
| Athlone Squash Club | €191,467 | Squash and Padel Facility |
| Mullingar Athletic AFC | €358,310 | New Synthetic Grass Pitch and Floodlights |
| Mullingar RFC | €436,663 | New Changing / Dressing Rooms, Showers and Toilets |
| Westmeath County Council | €500,000 | Athlone RSC Swimming Pool Facility Improvements |
Today’s allocations are split into 3 categories.
1. Equipment Applications
Applications submitted as capital but discovered at assessment to be equipment only (funded at 100% as per equipment grants announced in May) 127 €3,791,906
2. Local Projects
Typically sports clubs and groups seeking up to €200,000 1708 €179,000,000
3. Regional projects
Typically centres of excellence such as GAA county training centres or synthetic running tracks applying for up to €500,000 161 €47,500,000
TOTAL: 1996 €230,291,906.00
You can find a full list of national awardees here: