Leitrim in €1.5m fund drive

AN innovative fundraising initiative was launched yesterday in Carrick-on-Shannon by supporters of Leitrim GAA and the Leitrim GAA Board to raise €1.5 million to complete the redevelopment of Páirc Seán MacDiarmada.

The fundraising will pay for a 3,000 seat covered-stand, four dressing rooms, shower rooms, training area, meeting rooms, canteen and press facilities.

The new facilities will replace those provided when the stadium was originally opened in 1964.

The development will cost €3m. Preliminary funding of €1.5m has been secured from the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and the GAA. An additional €1.5m is required and this fundraising drive is aimed at the loyal Leitrim GAA supporters and friends. All donations are tax efficient and this appeal is looking to the people of Leitrim and Leitrim people living in other parts of Ireland and overseas. This is an appeal to give a one-off donation to provide state-of-the-art GAA facilities for the coming decades.

The fundraising initiative is titled “Get on the Team” and it gives Leitrim supporters a chance to be involved in safeguarding the future of Leitrim’s GAA headquarters for many years to come.

Leitrim GAA County Board Chairman Gerry McGovern said: “This redevelopment will not only provide Leitrim GAA with a superb new headquarters but it will also greatly reflect the positive and vibrant attitude that exists among the people of Leitrim and considerably enhance the image of Carrick-on-Shannon and the County in general. We are calling on Leitrim people everywhere to get behind this fundraising drive to give us a stadium of which we can all be proud of for years to come.”