John Morrissey

John  Morrissey has been President of the CYMS since 1991.
In that time he has overseen all of the changes that has brought the club into the twenty first century.
Like all of the volunteers, John is always there when he is needed.

Esther Brady

Esther Brady started off as a member of the badminton club since she was twelve years old and over the years she has become more involved in the running of the C.Y.M.S
Along with looking after the running of the Badminton club, she is a tireless worker and one of the best (in fact the best!) fund raisers in the club, as well as in the town of Kildare. We are very lucky to have her as our treasurer.

Philip Hickey

Philip is also one of the longest serving members on the committe. He runs the annual pilgrimage to Knock. For the last two years it has been so successful that they now book two days and stay overnight. He also looks after the buses that arrive on Sunday night for the Bingo

Eamonn Hennessy

Eamon Hennessey has been with the club for nearly fifty years.
He is the club secretary and president of the national CYMS executive.
As President he has travelled to England and Wales representing Ireland.
He is now deeply involved in the indoor bowls and is on the Kildare & Wicklow Indoor Bowls committee.
Eamonn has also been in the forefront of all the changes that have taken palce in recent years

Kevin Deering

Kevin has been a member of the committe for years. Every Sunday night, Hail Rain or Snow he is at the tables selling bingo books and acting as Steward.He has been and continues to be a valued member of the CYMS

Peadar Byrne, Vice Chairman

Peadar has been a member of the club for longer than most, except for Eamon or Esther. He had a short break when he went to England for a short while. Since coming back he has helped out whenever he could.

Valued Members

Mick Highes

There is hardly a group or a committee that Michael has not helped out on. He has got to be one of the most respected persons int he town who is always willing to help out whenever he can. Each Sunday night he is as his table in the new hall overseeing the Bingo

Mary McKernan

Mary has been a Bingo steward for a lot of years. She calls the numbers for ingo and pays out the money in the new hall

John Gleeson

On and off for years John has been there to do his best to help the CYMS. He has been a committee member on several occasions. As a fundraiser he is brilliant. He also thinks up some marvellous ideas for fundraising.He organised and ran the biggest Poker classic to be held in the town.He is organising the indoor bowls tournament to be run during the Derby Festival ata the moment. When that is over he will be organising somehting else for another club.

Joe Feane

Joe has been a member for a long time. He has been a committee member on a few occasions and has always been first to offer his help when needed.He comes down every Friday morning to help out with the group of young people who hire the hall for games. He spends most evenings helping young people and showing them how to play snooker.He is a very respected member of the club.

Margaret Breen

Margaret has a history with the club. Her mother was caretaker there for years. Margaret and her husband took over from her and worked there for years cleaning and looking after it.She now helps out with the Bingo on some Sunday nights.

Marcella Kelly

Marcella also helps out with the Bingo on Sunday nights and acts a a steward in the new hall.

Tom Dunne

Tom has been at the Bingo since it was opened nearly fifty years ago. He was a doorman for the dances in the hall years ago and can tell some tales about the dances back then.He sells the Bingo books at the door each Sunday night.

Carmel Hester

Carmel has been a valued member of our clu for a very long time. she is one of our callers on a Sunday night and she also sells the books at the door. We are very lucky o have her here in the club.

Ladies Who Care

There are several ladies who, whenever they are asked to help out in the CYMS they always help willingly.The discos were occasions when a lot of stewards were needed. Kathleen Darby, Kathy Hickey,Shiela Southern, Joan Geoghegan,Marcella Kelly, Sharon Byrne, Sarah Hickey,Sharon o'Rourke were always there when they were asked to help. Sometimes they did not get home until the early hours of the mornings. If only some of the Kildare Town parents could have seen those ladies at the disco in the freezing winter months, making sure that their kids were safe and that they had somewhere to go on a Friday night.