GAA President Jarlath Burns with members of the Renville Sports Grounds Management Committee at the official sod turning for Renville Sports Grounds. Standing: Gerry Rabbitt, Frank Lohan, Padraig O’Callaghan (Chairperson of Renville Sports Grounds Management Committee), Sean Greene (Chairperson of Oranmore-Maree GAA One Club), Des Hanniffy, Derek Cullinane, (Developement Officer Renville Sports Grounds), Frank Grealish and Paul Byrnes; seated: Áine Killilea, Louise Gallagher, Jarlath Burns (GAA President) and Fiona Slevin. Missing from photo: Pat Rattigan and Sorcha Hanniffy. PHOTO: MURTOGRAPHY

GAA PRESIDENT TURNS THE SOD OF RENVILLE SPORTS GROUNDS

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ORANMORE-MAREE GAA One Club welcomed GAA President Jarlath Burns and Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media as they officially turned the sod on the club’s Sports Centre of Excellence, Renville Sports Grounds on Saturday.

The development will deliver in Renville leading sporting facilities which will benefit members of the Oranmore-Maree GAA One Club (Oranmore-Maree GAA Club, Oranmore-Maree Camogie Club and Naomh Mhuire Ladies Football Club merged in 2019 into one integrated club) and the wider community for generations to come.

It will include one 4G full-size pitch; three full-size grass pitches; three training/warm-up areas; club pavilion with multiple changing rooms; ball wall; a community facilities area; secure low level 2km lit community walking/running track; public children’s playground area; preservation of a ringfort as a local heritage, a sensory garden and educational site and a community parking area with accessible public toilets and baby changing facilities which will help further service Renville Park and Graveyard.

Phase I, which will be a €4m project, primarily entails the development of the pitches, with other facilities, such as the club pavilion, to be developed in subsequent phases. The overall budget for the project will be in the order of €7-8m.

There has been huge growth in recent years within the area, with the population approaching 10,000 and club membership doubling in the last six-seven years.

This has led to the Oranmore Maree GAA One Club operating at beyond maximum capacity with nearly 100 GAA teams at present using the local community sporting facilities.

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