Minister Heather Humphreys has officially opened Mullagh Sports Partnership Park and River Walkway along with associated amenities in Mullagh, Co. Cavan
Funding of over €320,000 has been provided under the 2014-2022 LEADER Programme.
Mullagh Sports Partnership developed a 950m Biodiversity Walkway, including low level lighting interpretative panels, seating, board walks areas surrounding a wetland area. Additional amenities include safe car parking spaces for direct access to biodiversity walkway, board walkway, riparian areas, and an outdoor classroom
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, has today officially opened a Biodiversity Walkway approximately 950m in length and 2.5m wide around the perimeter of a new football pitch owned by CLG Cuchulainn and an older pitch owned by Mullagh Community Park Development Ltd. and bordering a section of Mullagh Lough Stream. The construction of a safe, environmentally friendly amenity access will complete the access to the biodiversity walkway, by providing designated disabled parking, parent and children parking, bus parking and general parking.
Additional facilities include an outdoor classroom space to allow student carry out ecological/river and natural fieldwork exercises while the swale, rainwater garden and permeable paving will channel run off from the car park area and roof of the adjacent sports centre into a shallow drainage channel/pool. The positive and educational effects of this easily accessible and free walkway have benefitted a wide range of demographics considering, age, race, gender, disability and socio-economic factors and plays its part in the development of social cohesion in the area. Minister Humphreys says this biodiversity walkway is exactly the kind of locally-led project that could be replicated right across Ireland.
