Castlelyons Community

Serving the parish of Castlelyons, including Bridebridge and Coolagown

Castlelyons Community Council

Castlelyons Community Council represents the community of Castlelyons parish. Its 2026 Constitution describes a parish-wide role supporting the community’s social, educational, cultural, environmental and economic welfare.

About the Council

The Constitution sets out the Council’s name, parish area and aims. The Council represents the parish community and its townlands in dealings with local government and other agencies, and works toward local community development.

What the Council aims to do

The 2026 Constitution includes these aims:

  • Support the community’s social, educational, cultural, environmental and economic welfare.
  • Represent the parish community and its townlands in dealings with public bodies and other agencies.
  • Encourage volunteering and young people’s participation.
  • Promote sustainability and local food.
  • Help improve community facilities and quality of life.

Council members, 2026–2029

Executive Committee roles

The Constitution says the Council elects its Executive Committee annually from among elected members. The supplied roster names:

  • Chairperson: Sarah Coleman — Rathbarry
  • Secretary: Lorraine Bateman — Ballydaw
  • Joint Treasurer: Paul Hussey — Stables Cross

The roster records no name for the Vice-chairperson, Assistant Secretary or second Joint Treasurer roles.

Other general-committee officer roles

The Constitution also lists Joint Public Relations Officers, Grants Officer(s) and PPN Representatives on the general committee. The supplied roster lists:

  • PRO: Damien Roche — Hillside View
  • Assistant PRO: no name recorded
  • PPN Representative: no name recorded
  • Grants Officer(s): no corresponding role is listed in the supplied roster

Elected representatives

  • Thierry Lhuissier — Árd na Rí
  • Charlene Cooney — Ballyvolane
  • Donal Howard — Ballyarra
  • Helen Hussey — Stables Cross
  • James Kenny — Kent Tce.
  • Johnny Milward — Hillside View
  • Michael John Dorgan — Killawillin
  • Carol Shanahan — Castlelyons Village
  • Isabella Milward — Hillside View
  • Pat McGrath — Ballinvarrig
  • Réidín Murphy — Coole Lower
  • Donal Sheehan — Ballyarra
  • Carla Joyce — no townland recorded

The roster labels Carla Joyce’s role as “Elected Reperesentative Member” and does not record a townland for her.

Organisation and group representative positions

Each of these positions is marked Vacant in the supplied roster:

  • Castlelyons GAA Club — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Camogie Club — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Juvenile GAA Club — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Ladies Football Club — Vacant
  • Castlebridge Celtic Soccer Club — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Pitch & Putt Club — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Tidy Towns Group — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Flower & Garden Club — Vacant
  • Fr. Ferris Park Group — Vacant
  • Website Development Group — Vacant
  • Castlelyons N.S. Parents Assoc. — Vacant
  • Castlelyons N.S. Board of Management — Vacant
  • Kilmagner N.S. Parents Assoc. — Vacant
  • Klmagner N.S. Board of Management — Vacant
  • Coolagown Dev. Group — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Social, Arts & Drama Group — Vacant
  • Split The Bucket Group — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Roads, Flooding & Infrastructure Group — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Gun Club — Vacant
  • Friends Of Dean & Padraig — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Community Care Group — Vacant
  • Castlelyons Community Centre Group — Vacant

How the Council works

  • The Council meets on the last Monday of each month, unless the Executive Committee decides otherwise. The Constitution also says the Council should meet at least once in each of eight months of the year and should not meet in August unless necessary.
  • Ordinary monthly meetings are for elected members, apart from invited external speakers. A quorum of at least ten elected members is required to conduct Council business.
  • The Council elects an Executive Committee each year from among its elected members. Its stated roles include Chairperson, Vice-chairperson, Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Joint Treasurers. Joint PROs, Grants Officer(s) and PPN Representatives are also listed as officers of the general committee.
  • The Executive Committee is responsible for external negotiations on the Council’s behalf, unless the Council delegates that authority to other Council or subcommittee members.

AGM and elections

  • The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held each January at a venue within the parish. Council elections take place at the AGM every three years, for the following three-year term.
  • People over 18 who live in the parish may take part in the Council election. All members of the community may attend and contribute to AGM or Special General Meeting discussion; voting is limited to people over 18 who live in the parish.
  • Subcommittee and parish group or organisation representatives are put forward, proposed and seconded at their own meetings before the AGM. Proposed candidates need to be present at the AGM, where attendees may vote for several candidates.
  • The Constitution also allows the Council to co-opt candidates from time to time. Candidates are proposed, seconded and voted on at a monthly meeting.
  • The AGM includes reports from officers and subcommittees and general discussion. Its quorum is at least ten elected Council members or twenty non-elected community members.

Subcommittees and getting involved

Subcommittees carry out specific projects under the Council’s direction. Participation is open to people over 18; participants do not have to live in the parish or be elected members of the Council.

  • Fr. Ferris Park
  • Website, Communications & Social Media
  • Castlelyons Tidy Towns & Heritage
  • Roads, Flooding & Infrastructure
  • Social, Arts & Drama
  • Fundraising and Events (Split the Bucket)
  • Castlelyons Community Care

Interested in getting involved?

The Constitution welcomes community participation in subcommittees. A confirmed public contact route for the Council is not available on this website yet, so no unverified contact link is included here.

Council updates

The Constitution says the Council will endeavour to keep the community informed and provide a monthly public report on its activities. Public updates will be added here when available; no reports have been added yet.

Constitution

Read the full ratified Constitution. This PDF is a direct export of the supplied 2026 DOCX; the source document has not been edited.

View / Download Community Council Constitution 2026

Contact the Council

The existing Contact page currently contains placeholder information, not a working Council contact form or address. We’ll add a link here when an approved public contact route is available.

Page content is based on the Castlelyons Community Council Constitution 2026 and the supplied Community Council members 2026–2029 roster. Personal mobile numbers from the roster are not published.