Athboy Development Forum

23/08/2026

🎶🌾 Today’s the day! 🌾🎶

We’re hosting our annual End of Summer Community Event at Athboy Convent Community centre, this year it’s all about the Grooves & the Grazing! 🤠🎵🧺

Join us from 2pm today for a great afternoon of music, food, fun and plenty of community craic.

Come along, bring the gang and enjoy the line up of local talent there to entertain all.

All set up and ready - See you there! 🎶☕🍰

16/07/2026

Sustaining Our Community Buildings

Major refurbishment works are now underway at Athboy Convent Community centre marking another important step in securing the long term future of the centre. The current flat roof works are part of a significant investment supported by Meath County Council and the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht.

Further improvement works to the flat roofs at St James Hall are also planned through the Community Amenity Project Scheme 2026, with these works expected to commence shortly.

Our work does not stop with the roofs. We are now planning how to make the best use of the spaces beneath them, provide better facilities for increasing numbers of users, improve access and exit routes, conserve energy and reduce water waste.

While these two projects progress, Athboy Development Forum continues to pursue further grants, sponsorship and community fundraising to repair, refurbish and develop both buildings, keeping them sustainable and available to our community well into the future.

12/07/2026

Athboy Development Forum is delighted that major refurbishment works are now underway at Athboy Convent Community centre.

We sincerely appreciate this investment by Meath County Council and the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, replacing the original flat roofs, upgrading the glazed corridor and addressing long standing leaks at the centre.

Every month over 3,500 people come through our doors, from in excess of 60 community groups. Users include sporting groups, those attending our weekly social dances, quarterly Irish Blood Transfusion clinics, Special Hands and Autism groups as well as those using the remote working hub or rooms for meetings, courses and web conferencing.

It is "Business as usual" during these works.

01/07/2026

We are hiring - applications are invited for a Caretaker role (19 hours per week) based at Athboy Convent Community centre and St James Hall

Athboy Development Forum CLG is seeking a reliable and community-focused Caretaker to support the day-to-day operation of the Convent Community Centre and St. James' Hall, Athboy. The successful candidate will help ensure the facilities remain safe, clean, well-maintained, and ready for community us...

19/06/2026

Nominations for the AIB Community Fund close today at 5pm.
If you have already nominated us "Thank You", if you can nominate us today we would really appreciate it.
https://aib.ie/personal-forms/community-fund

It only takes a minute and here is what you will need:

Charity Name: Athboy Development Forum Clg
Charity Number: 20205151
Region: Greater Dublin
Social Theme: Education & Opportunities

Suggested wording:
“ADF runs important facilities in Athboy supporting everyone’s needs. Funding would replace outdated heating, reduce water waste and help the CCC, our community centre, to be a better space.”

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06/06/2026

Have you got a Minute? ⏱️

As a registered charity, Athboy Development Forum is eligible for support through the AIB Community Fund. To be in with this chase we need the community to get behind us and do nominations.

We have costly improvements we need to tackle at the CCC Athboy Convent Community centre to help us to continue providing quality facilities and services for all the groups, clubs and services who use the centre every week.

We’re asking you to take just one minute to nominate us. All the information you need is on the attached images.

Every nomination counts and could help make a real difference.

Click the link or scan the QR code:

https://aib.ie/personal-forms/community-fund

Thank you for your support and for helping us continue to improve the CCC. 💚

18/12/2025

Congratulations to Matt Leavy music, your recognition as an ADF Sponsorship Partner is our way to show our gratitude. As Gerry Cooke, ADF Director & Treasurer, said during the presentation, we have invested a lot in community buildings over recent years and Matt has been doing a tremendous amount of work in the background to help us to run social dancing in partnership with artists as part of our fundraising.

Thank you Matt for your commitment, your time and your expertise.

16/12/2025

We want to say “Thank You” to all who have bought blocks, this fundraising initiative is ongoing as we continue to build the legacy community wall one block at a time.

If you’d like to buy a block email: [email protected]