KCA AGM on Tuesday

The Annual General Meeting of Kilcullen Community Action will be held tomorrow evening, Tuesday 8 April, writes Brian Byrne. The venue is Kilcullen Town Hall at 8pm and all are welcome to attend, including anyone who would like to find out more about the group that includes the award-winning Kilcullen Tidy Towns work.

This May will mark 24 years since KCA was established with a view to broadening the base of activities from just Tidy Towns — in which Kilcullen had already participated for very many years — and in the process, pull in interest and support from a wider community. Along with a core cohort of early stalwarts, the membership now comprises committed residents from right across a village that became a town in the intervening decades.

For some of the newer people in Kilcullen, things that they possibly take for granted are the result of KCA work. Just some of these include maintenance of the riverside Valley Park which was established in the 1970s by the then Kilcullen Community Council. The Dun Ailinne Interpretive Park reflecting the nearby ancient 'royal' site on private land. The development of a Fairy Trail to enchant new generations of small 'Kilcullenites' along with a community garden in the grounds of the library. A push that led to the €1.5 million Market Square public realm enhancement scheme which has been approved by Kildare County Council and is awaiting funding. A Kilcullen Design Statement aimed at setting markers to the statutory authorities for the future development of the town and an annual community awards that recognise achievements within Kilcullen by individuals and organisations. There is also a biodiversity plan that, year by year, has seen a deliberate and careful implementation which has provided habitat for a wide range of animal and botanic life.

KCA has evolved a very robust structure and governance and is a company limited by guarantee with the CRO and as a charity with the Charities Regulator. The 2025 AGM offers all in the community the opportunity to review the past year's progress on projects, see where funds were acquired and spent, and find out about future plans and developments.  

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