Local groups combine to make Newmarket a great place to live
NEWMARKET is a town where, working together, local community and development groups, and local businesses have made the town, and its hinterland, a great place to live and work.
The town is a provider of goods and services to a wide local community and has an extensive and busy agricultural hinterland. A whole host of thriving and successful businesses operate both in town and indeed throughout the parish.
In addition, residents of Newmarket are spoiled for choice with a superb array of amenities, facilities, and services at their disposal.
The work of local volunteers and the tremendous support of the town traders has ensured that all community groups have been active and progressive in the town.
And now that summer is here once again the Tidy Towns efforts of local volunteers have seen the town bloom in an array of colour – all in good time for the annual summer festival. Every litter pick, each flower, and every coat of paint do make a difference in enhancing the look of the town of which Newmarket natives are so very proud.
Indeed, Newmarket is fortunate to have so many hard working voluntary groups, which are rightly acknowledged and their continued contribution to the community is always encouraged.
From the GAA club to the soccer club, to drama groups, dance teachers to kick-boxing, and many more besides, a massive pantheon of hobbies and interests are catered for in Newmarket, making life netter for all.
Indeed, the GAA has been part of the very fabric of life in Newmarket for well over a hundred years - with a local team recorded in 1901 playing against Millstreet in the county senior football championship.
Howveer, it is the provision of updated facilities which has opened up so many new opportunities at the home of Newmarket GAA. From its opening in 1955, the ground has continuously been updated over the years.
A lot of money has been spent on structuring two pitches, the development of a club house, gymnasium, dressing rooms, hurling wall while an astro turf facility, under the auspices of the Newmarket Sports and Leisure Group, features a key GAA involvement, availing of ground leased from the GAA club.
The town is fortunate, too, to have the HQ of IRD Duhallow on its doorstep. While IRD serves the entirety of Duhallow the James O’Keeffe Institute, based on the edge of the town, is particularly convenient for locals doing courses or using amenities.
The combination of enhanced local amenities and facilities, coupled with an eclectic array of local shops and services in a picturesque surrounding, ensure local residents can enjoy a very high quality of life.