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Club Facilities & Developments

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Developments of Br. Leo Park;

They are as follows:

Edward Moore gave a field to practice on at Cannons Quarter at start of 20th Century
Pitch situated on farm of Peter Doyle Loughmartin 1917
Field purchased Ballymurphy Road in 1931
Wexford v Laois in Leinster SFC at the pitch 1934
Works needed to upgrade pitch- 1957 sub committee formed
Field levelled by Michael Iran, Bagnelstown 1957
Two new dressing rooms built 1958 (current Juv Store/Tractor Shed)
Side-line wall erected by John Halpin 1959
New sub committee set up under Jim Murphy, to continue works 1960
Purchase of almost 2 acres (from the Church of Ireland for £325) adjoining main pitch (now Juv pitch) 1962
Erection of road wall and entrance gates 1963
GALA Opening of Br. Leo Park 24 April 1966
Gaelic field now known as Br. Leo Park 24 April 1966 official opening
Erection of new steel goal posts 1983
1987 erection of wall behind Ballymurphy goal
Barbed wire changed to straight wire around pitch, dressing rooms cleaned up and new showers 1995
Main clubhouse completed in 2006 after a long process
New gates entrance to Br. Leo Park 2006 with thanks to Hardy Eustace (horse owed by Lar Byrne)
New state of the art flood lights on the main pitch 2009 with help from Sports Capital Grant
New flood lights on the juvenile pitch 2009
New larger dressing rooms, new showers & toilets 2010
New Hurling wall 2010 (this and above thanks to Texaco Sports Grant Sept 2010)
New Walking track (fully lit until 9pm 7 days a week) opened 2013 with help from Leader Grant
Full refurbishment of the gym & main hall 2018 with help from Sports Capital Grant
Kitchen refurbishment & pedestrian entrance to club from new hard surface external car park 2018. All 3 projects completed with thanks to Woodlawn Developments
New Balcony access on clubhouse 2019 with thanks to Woodlawn Developments
Painting of interior and exterior of clubhouse 2019 building with thanks to Rathmore Coatings
BeKind wall logo added in Summer 2020 by artist Paul Byrne (during Covid lockdown) with help from Carlow Arts Grant/ Pieta Hse fundraiser
Main entrance plastered and small wall by clubhouse enhanced Mar 2021 with thanks to Woodlawn Developments
Refurbishment of exterior of old dressing rooms (Tractor/Juv storage area) Summer 2021 with help from Carlow Arts Grant/Ann Duffy/Rathmore Coatings. James Griffin memorial bench later added by Griffin family, sponsored by All Stone
Referee room developed within clubhouse, with oil tank moved to container Sept 2021
Upgrade of lights within clubhouse main hall and gym Oct 2021
Refurbishments/extension of main dressing rooms 2021 with help from Sports Capital Grant, official opening Summer 2022. Works by Wayne O'Neill Construction with several sponsors assiting in funding the project.
Re wiring of fence around main pitch Summer 2022
Upgrade of lights on Juv pitch to LEDs with thanks to Sports Capital Grant Dec 2022 (Part 1 of 4)
Re-construction of boundary fence along Juv pitch Mar 2023
Refurbishment of generator for main lights system of Br Leo Park with thanks to Woodlawn Developments Apr 2023
New ball stop netting on behind all goals with thanks to Sports Capital Grant May 2023 (Part 2 of 4)
Re-design and layout, inclusion of foot paths and undersurface restructure of main entrance, completed by Carlow CoCo May 2023
Purchase of adult size and juv size high quality match standard portable goals with thanks to Sports Captial Grant June 2023 (Part 3 of 4)
Installation of pedrestrian fencing at bottom of juvenile pitch and at entrance to main gates with thanks to Sports Capital Grant Oct 2023 (Part 4 of 4)
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