Strand Celtic put a development plan in place for the development of the club's grounds at Strandhill Community Park in 2006 under the auspices of club chairman, Mick McEnroe. This was done in conjunction with the trustees of Strandhill Community Park and with the support of a range of other sporting groups in the area including Strandhill Tennis Club, Strandhill Warriors Festival and Strandhill National School.
To view a current copy of the Strand Celtic Development Plan please click here
The club is located at Strandhill Community Park since 1996. Dressing rooms were developed under the auspices of the late Joey Mullaney in August 1998. Joey Mullaney was one of the original founders of our club and a plaque in his honour is on the current dressing rooms.
The club has completed Phase I of the development polan with development of pitches at Strandhill Community park to provide two all weather high standard pitches. This work commenced in the summer of 2006 and the ground is expected to re-open for matches in the 2008 season.
In addition the club has gone to tender for Phase II of the development plan, the development of a new clubhouse and dressing rooms. This project is expected to start in 2008. The club are very grateful to all our local public representatives who supported the club in it’s fund raising ventures and in particular in securing a national lottery grant.
This project is estimated to cost in the region of €250,000 euro and a fund raising drive is currently underway to provide funding for the development. The club has sufficient funds to commence the development and was also successful with a lottery application for €130,000 in 2007. A contract will be signed in early 2008 following a tender process.
During this period the club will be located at Kevinsfort Park for all youth games. The senior team will be located at Mcsharry Park. Our Colts team have now reverted back to Strandhill Community Park for training.
The club is also part of a community development programme which aims to develop the following facilities on the airport road in Strandhill:
- Community centre
- Meeting room
- All weather training facility
- Dressing rooms
- Soccer pitch
- Gaelic pitch
Sligo County Council have handed the land over to the community for development. Strand Celtic Football Club are represented on the community Development Group through chairman Mick McEnroe.
For directions to the new ground at Kevinsfort please click here
For directions to McSharry park please click here
For directions to Strandhill Community Park please click here