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civic · Friday 21 August 2026 · 10:00am-4:00pm (two drop-in sessions) 
Reimagining the Scouts Den Site - Public Consultation, Ballyhaunis
At Nolans Supervalu and outside St Mary's Abbey Chapel · Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo F23 F448
At Nolans Supervalu and outside St Mary's Abbey Chapel · Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo F23 F448
Ballyhaunis residents get a direct say in the future of the Scouts Den site at Friarsground on Friday 21 August 2026, as the community holds a drop-in public consultation asking for views, ideas and feedback on potential changes to the site. The event is supported under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2025/2026, a national programme that funds small-town regeneration projects, and is designed to be as accessible as possible: there are two separate drop-in sessions on the same day, one at Nolans Supervalu from 10am to 1pm and a second outside St Mary’s Abbey Chapel from 11:30am to 4pm, so residents can call in whenever suits them without needing to book. Organisers stress it is genuinely no-RSVP - people can simply turn up, look at the proposals, and leave their views on the day, or follow up separately online.
The Town and Village Renewal Scheme, run by the Department of Rural and Community Development, funds small-scale regeneration and public realm projects in towns like Ballyhaunis, and early public consultation of this kind is typically a required step before design work on a funded site can properly begin. Splitting the event across two locations and two time windows on the same day, rather than a single evening meeting, is a deliberate effort to catch people doing their normal Friday shopping and errands in the town centre, rather than expecting residents to make a special trip out for a formal public meeting.
Both consultation points are in Ballyhaunis town centre, within a short walk of each other and of the town’s main car parks. Ballyhaunis is on the N83 between Castlebar and Roscommon and has its own railway station on the Dublin-Westport line.
Heading to Nolans Supervalu and outside St Mary's Abbey Chapel in Ballyhaunis? Mayo has plenty more to see. Read the Ballyhaunis area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.