Banteer, Lyre and districts Community Council

The village of Banteer is a small rural village located on the Kanturk/Cork route and the population of the village and surrounding areas is approximately 800 people. The population has been steadily increasing over the past number of years with a large number of young families now living in the area.

Over the past 2 and a half years the local Community Council have liased with Cork County Council on the overall development plan for Banteer/Lyre  and surrounding areas.    Every six months there is a joint meeting with Cork County Council Engineers Ger Buckley and Martin Corcoran re the overall development in the area.       At these meetings all issues such as footpaths, roads, carparks, landscaping, housing, water, sewage, lighting and other items are  discussed in detail and agreed.

Over the past 20 years, Banteer Community have been to the forefront in local development and this is evident from such projects as the building of a local Community Centre in the l980’s 

and more recently the opening of the Glen Theatre, 

which involved the refurbishment of an old school.   In 1994, a local community run Playschool was opened and this is thriving, providing facilities for the young children of the area.

Banteer and Lyre districts community Council have also, during 1997/98/99, installed up to 60 social alarms for the local elderly people with the help of a Department of Social Welfare Grant.

More recently, in co-operation with Cork County Council, the village footpaths have been renewed as well as landscaping of the village, provision of a carpark, provision of local authority housing and the upgrading of sewage, water and lighting systems.

For the past 2 years, the Community Council, GAA and Sports Committee have been working together on further development plans for the Sportsfield/Pondfield area which includes the provision of further recreational facilities in the Sportsfield and the provision of an amenity park in the existing Pondfield.     This project is now  near completion with  grant aid from the Department of Sports and IRD Duhallow (Leader 2)