Subscription fees for 2025 are now due.
Crodaun Forest Park Residents' Association (CFPRA) is an all-volunteer organisation dedicated to maintaining the character of our community and enhancing the quality of life in Crodaun Forest Park.
We are now collecting membership payments for 2025.
The annual subscription is unchanged again this year, at €40 per household and €25 for pensioners and unemployed, and we have a number of easy payment options - click here for payment details.
Join our spooky Halloween colouring competition 👻!
Download and print one of our Halloween coloring pages (choose from design 1 or design 2) or unleash your creativity by crafting your own spooky design! Once your little artist is finished, snap a photo of their masterpiece and send it to us at crodaunresidentsassociation@gmail.com). A winner will be chosen to receive a fun prize!
Be sure to check back soon to see the winning artwork, and good luck to everyone!
To join the competition, please:
🖍️ include your name, age and house number
📩 submit your art work by 5th November 2025
You may have noticed some of the stone house numbers are damaged or have faded writing. The Committee are currently gathering quotes from stonework specialists for repair / replacement as necessary. We intend to apply for Local Property Tax funding in the new year, and if successful, work will commence as soon as possible.
Your annual subscriptions are helping the Committee fund new speed awareness signs which will be installed to help keep vulnerable road users safe in our estate. Please play your part by continuing to drive with care, especially as we head into the winter months, as children return to school, and where low sun and darker evenings may restrict visibility.
Expect to see these new signs in the coming months.
As you are aware from our previous newsletter, we have been awarded a €2,000 community grant to purchase a defibrillator for Crodaun Forest Park. We are currently exploring options for a dedicated housing unit to ensure the device is always ready to use, a pathway other associations are on also.
We will continue to follow up with Kildare County Council and local councillors and will keep residents informed as we progress.
The news that a private developer had purchased the lands around Castletown house and grounds was disappointing to say the least.
There has been a hive of activity targeted at saving the grounds which you may have seen.
Lady Louisa Conolly (1743 – 1821) was an English-born Irish noblewoman and one of the famous Lennox sisters who lived at nearby Carton House, she was notable for leading a very good and charitable life. Her 200th Anniversary was celebrated here in Celbridge during August. Louisa was only 8 years old when her parents died within a year of each other, her great grandfather was Charles II of England. In 1759, aged 15, Lady Louisa Lennox married young Tom Conolly. Read more...
There are 3 active WhatsApp groups in Crodaun Forest Park. Please click the button below if you wish to be added to any of them and we will get in touch with the group administrators.