In 2002 our club purchased land in Lisnamult which today has become home to Roscommon Gaels Club. Over the intervening years the club developed the grounds to include a sand based all-weather pitch, practise pitch and floodlights. In 2019, we opened new dressing rooms which are SEAI certified and erected a ball wall. Last year, with generous support from Kevin Connolly we opened the Paddy Connolly stand. Over the last 22 years each of these projects have moved our club forward. However, our membership has grown significantly in recent times and we now have over 170 boys and girls playing football and hurling from our Academy to U10. To cater for this growing demand, we need to develop our playing surfaces, gym facilities and general amenities in Lisnamult. Sport is more important than ever for young people’s health, and well-being and the community in general. This is why launching our most ambitious sponsorship/donor packages in the club’s history.

Planning for Our Future

The Executive Committee in Roscommon Gaels commissioned an external agency, Cummins & Voortman who specialise in Architecture & Urban Design projects (including Sports Infrastructural design). To provide our club with a strategic view using our existing facilities and the land we currently rent. This is a visual of their proposed design, which includes an astro training surface to be located on our existing training pitch which is parallel to our car park. There is a proposal to lay two pitches behind our dressing rooms with a gym, a multi-functional team room including catering facilities and a balcony overlooking our main pitch. This is subject to these lands becoming available to purchase. This is an ambitious strategy for our club, but we have to progress as our existing facilities are not fit-for-purpose for our growing membership. Our vision, will require fundraising and continued prudent financial Management. More importantly, it will require support, generosity and commitment from our club members, our diaspora and our wider community, to make this vision a reality.

** As we currently rent our back pitches we need to source new playing area’s. Should the appropriate land come available to buy, this may alter the time line of these projects.

1. Phase one of Car Park (complete)

2. Improve condition of main pitch (complete)

3. Developed ‘grass based’ pitch (140m x 80m) (complete)**

4(A). Gymnasium – Power racks and cardio equipment (**we aim to erect a modular facility on our grounds until we develop this building 4a & 4b)

4(B). Multi-purpose Room with viewing balcony – to include coaching/video room, meeting room & catering facilities

5. Astro Turf Pitch – cork based (100m x 75m)

6. ‘All weather’ sand-based grass base pitch (140m x 80m)**

7. Repositioning of the Ball Wall**

8. Overflow car park

9. New dressing room