st. catherine’s park development master plan we need your help!
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St. Catherine’s Park
Development Master Plan
We Need Your Help!
The Project
• Playground• BMX track• Dog run• Fishing pond• New pathways• Seats and picnic benches• Re-fit of public toilets
• Overflow car park• Directional signage• Tree planting• Bulb planting• Demolish and rebuild stone
wall• Woodland management
PlaygroundFollowing extensive consultation with
local children, design elements agreed:
• Large tower with slides
• Jungle play area
• Zip lines
• Large maze
• Timber play equipment, woodchip surface
• Play features incorporating water, sand, stones, & tree trunks
• Junior and senior play zone
Overflow Carpark/Toilets/Seating
Overflow Car Park
• To cater for 120 cars
• Close to old courtyard
• Coffee shop & art/crafts shop envisaged for courtyard in the future
• Provision of additional toilets in Sports Pavillion
• Installaton of 10 picnic seats
• 11 other seats throughout park
• 5 timber seat along woodland walk
• 6 steel & timber benches in north of park
• 10 bins
Fishing Pond & BMX Track
BMX Track
• First combined BMX, dirt and pump track in Ireland
• Competition level BMX course
• Designed in conjunction with BMX Ireland
2 Acre Fishing Pond
• 20cm to 1.5m in depth
• Natural shape/contours
• Fed by park drainage and drainage link from Royal Canal
• Safe for people of all ages
Bulbs & Tree Planting
• Significant additional planting in Northern
part of park
• 350,000 bulbs to be planted large masses
• Daffodils, Camassias, & Alliums
• Tree planting in North of park also
• To provide shelter & interest
• Tree avenues to be planted: Japanese
flowering Cherries, Limes, Chestnuts and
Weeping Willows
Derelict buildings
Old Cottage and former Storage Yard
•To be demolished
•Stone to be crushed and used as fill for car park
•Site to be incorporated into dirt track trail
Old Church
•Found to unsafe and has been fenced off
•Temporary measure
•Work to undertaken to make building safe
•This will not be a refurbishment
Woodland Management
51 dangerous trees to be removed along the walkway
100 Sitka Spruce to be removed as thinning operation
Development Costs
Playground €199,952.00
BMX & dirt track €122,357.26
General landscaping works €147,562.88
Refitting of toilets €19,295.00
Demolition and construction of wall €28,288.17
Directional signage €9,451.78
Supply of seats €7,041.75
Supply of picnic benches €6,027.00
Supply of bins €6,027.00
Supply of dog bins €1,905.60
Installation of fencing (incl. dog run) €11,533.87
Woodland management works €6,753.25
Tree planting €39,681.32
Bulb planting €51,970.00
Total €657,846.88
Funding Requirement
Funding Requirements
Grant AidLeader Rural Development Programme (2007 – 2013)
75% €493,385.16
Primary Local FundingFingal County Council
20% €131,569.37
Other FundingLocal Community Group
5% €32,892.34
Total 100% €657,846.86
• Dept of Finance have ruled:• “There must be Local Community Group involvement in the project in question – at least
5% of the cost of the project must be provided by the Community Group in the form of cash.”
• 5% = €32,892.34
We need your help to raise €32,892.34
Project Structure
* Rules of funding as dictated by Dept of Finance require that:
1. There must be local involvement via a Local Community Group
2. Laraghcon Residents Association have volunteered become the local community group sponsor to enable project to proceed
3. St. Catherine’s Park remains a public amenity for the benefit of West Dublin and Kildare and Meath.
Project Participant Role
Leader Rural Development Fund Main Funder of Project• Source of grant aid• Providing 75% of funding *
Fingal County Council Technical Support & Project Delivery• Responsible for commission works • Responsible for delivering project• Providing 20% of funding
Laraghcon Residents Association Local Community Group• Project Sponsor *
Funding Options
1. Residents of Lucan, Leixlip and beyond
2. Corporate Sponsors• Intel, Hewlett Packard, Banks
• Local businesses
3. Fund Raising Events• Golf Classic Friday 12th April at Westmanstown
• Gala Dinner Friday 12th April at Westmanstown
• Event in St. Catherine’s TBC
• St. Patrick’s Day Collection Sunday 17th March
• Bag Pack in Supermarkets TBC
• Church Gate Collections 15th/16th/17th March
Funding Options
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Fingal looking to install signage in central area
• Playground – with standard signage (see below)
• Sponsored benches and picnic tables – with plaques also
• Commemoration trees – with plaques
• 3 year sponsorship terms
Donation & Contact Details
For more information:
Contact Frances Stoker-Phelan on (087) 6404797Frances.stokerphelan@[email protected]
Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Catherines-Park-Development/578946308799935
Follow us on Twitter @stcatherinespk
We need donations to reach our target of €33k
Bank Account Transfers A/C Name: St Catherine’s Park Development FundSort Code: 901204Account No: 21661748
Online Donations http://www.mycharity.ie/event/st_catherines_park/