Athenry Community Playground

05/11/2026

👏🏻 👏🏻 THANK YOU ATHENRY PRIMARY SCHOOL 👏🏻 👏🏻

We were delighted to receive an amazing amount of money raised by the children, staff and families for their Halloween dress up day!

This €575 will be put straight to work as our well loved zipline platform will be power hosed and cleaned up this weekend!

We love that the local children are displaying great community spirit as they do every year by supporting their local playground. Civic responsibility is so important!

Pictured: Cathriona Cronin (Principal), Shauna Coll (Secretary), Caroline Needham (Teacher and Committee Member), Oisín Needham, Kya Coll Cannon, Enda and Iarla Needham.

www.athenryplayground.ie

04/11/2026

**********Forgotten Buggy?***********

One of our kind followers noticed a buggy left in the rain outside the park/playground and has left it behind "Beautinas" (across from the post office) where there is a canopy shelter to help keep it dry if the owner wants to come and collect it?

30/10/2026

‘Kindness breeds kindness’



Thank you to our secret supporter 😉 for leaving a box of goodies in the playground for the children. 😍

29/10/2026

🥳 🥳 SHORTLISTED 🥳 🥳

We have been shortlisted for the Volunteer Ireland National Awards for our work in the community!

This is a prestigious national award recognising outstanding contributions to volunteering, campaigning and activism.

We are one of just three finalists in the Small Group category at the 2026 Volunteer Ireland Awards, which celebrate individuals and groups making a positive difference in communities across Ireland.

There were over 400 nominations and we simply cannot believe we have been shortlisted! We are over the moon and can’t wait to hit the road to Dublin on Saturday, November 28th for the Awards Ceremony!! Gotta get them glad rags on!

We have worked so hard to bring the new playground to fruition and are thrilled to see how loved it is. That was our aim but to have national recognition of all that we have put in is truly humbling.

Wish us luck as we go represent Athenry nationally! 🇧🇭🏆

Erin Maglione (Chairperson)
Shauna Coll (Secretary)
Michelle McMahon (Treasurer)
Annmarie Hyland (Inclusion and Diversity Officer)
Patrick Devally, Jodie Day, Robin Grindrod, Caroline Needham, Avril Caulfield, Aisling McDevitt, Remona Hurst, Emma Rooney and Tanya McGarry, Grainne McHugh

28/10/2026

What a beautiful addition to the Park!

28/10/2026

*REPAIRS*

We are continuing to work on repairs to the wheelchair accessible roundabout and the hole beside it. They are more complicated than first thought so please bear with us and keep your children away from this play area. Thank you 🙏🏻

https://athenryplayground.ie/

26/10/2026

🎃👻 YOU’RE INVITED TO A SPOOKTACULAR WEEK OF DANCE! 💗 Athenry Class Times This Week!

Join us at Ultraflex Dance Academy for a week of FREE Halloween dance classes in support of Barnardos Children’s Charity! 💚

✨ Dress up, bring your friends and enjoy some spooky dance fun!

📍 Athenry – Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
🎶 Dance Combo & Acro – All ages welcome! Please check the poster for your child’s class time.

💚 Donations are completely optional, with all proceeds going to Barnardos.

🎟️ booking essential for new students!

Already a student? Just come along to your usual class!

👇 Book your FREE place through the link!
https://app.gostudiopro.com/online/ultraflex

23/10/2026

🧙 💒 WEDDING BELLES 💒 🎃
The Athenry Playground Committee would love to wish our super secretary Shauna Coll and Conor Cannon all the very best on their wedding day tomorrow!

Athenry won’t know what hit it with one of the spookiest weddings the Raheen Woods has ever hosted! 👻 🧙

Congratulations and we hope you both have many years of health and happiness with your beautiful girls, Kya and Zoe!

We think you’re due a well earned rest after all the event planning this year Shauna 🛝 😅 - we’re so lucky to have you 😍

Up Athenry! 👰 🤵 ❤️

21/10/2026

Only €49,000 out of a €5million budget allocated for recreation and amenities in our district for this year. It’s substantially less than what is allocated to the Tuam and Ballinasloe districts.

Only that we had received substantial EU funding through a grant from the Galway Rural Development’s LEADER programme, there would be no new playground in Athenry.

More than 86 per cent of Athenry-Oranmore’s 2027 budget is set for roadworks, with councillors raising funding distribution concerns.

20/10/2026

FREE Halloween event in Athenry!
Kids can go too, just bring a torch and dress up, if they want to!
Tours leave every 20 minutes. You must book in. 6pm and 7.30pm are nearly sold out so don’t delay and book in now!
The Athenry Swans Hockey Club will have refreshments for sale in the Hall! 👻 🎃 🧙

Something spooky this way comes...Athenry Community Council and Gliondar Arts Group present a new Halloween event that will bring history back from the dead!

Drag your bones through the town centre for a historical walking tour with a haunted twist. Gliondar storytellers will weave tales (true and imagined) along the route, stopping at local haunts like Athenry Castle, the market square, the priory and more to tell spooky tales guaranteed to give you goosebumps! FREE EVENT! Funded by Galway County Council Community Support Scheme. Book your tour here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-heritage-walk-tickets-2003653992027?aff=oddtdtcreator