Ballyglass Community Childcare Service opened in 1981 / 1982 as a Playschool based in the Community Centre in Ballyglass. It was run with one member of staff and volunteer parents. The Playschool has run successfully ever since, with the introduction of an After-School Service in 2005, and now includes Summer Camp. Our award winning purpose built facility opened in September 2009, offering a full range of services from 6 months to 12 years.

Situated at the rear of Mountpleasant National School, Ballyglass, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre caters for babies, toddlers, playschool, preschool and aftersschool children.

The centre is owned by Ballyglass Community Council Co. Ltd., and is run by a team of volunteers - the Childcare Committee - a sub committee of the Community Council. The committee comprises of directors of the Community Council, parents of children attending the service, and other volunteers.

The Centre employs a Manager, Senior Childcare Practitioners and Childcare Practitioners. There is also a cook, an office administrator and a bus driver and assistant, working in the service.

The Centre opens from 8 am to 6 pm - Monday to Friday - 51 weeks per year. It offers full day care for babies and toddlers; a playschool room and a pre-school room - with half day or full day care if required for this age group; an after-school service and a breakfast club.

The Local Link Bus transports children from Belcarra, Balla and Clogher National Schools at present - both at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Staff from the Centre collect the children from Mountpleasant National School at both 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Ballyglass Community Childcare Service is committed to providing a quality child-centered, play based environment, which empowers young children to actively pursue their own learning.

How to find us:
Eircode: ​F12 VW77

From Ballinrobe:

Take the N84 towards Castlebar from Ballinrobe and take the first turn right (signposted Ballyglass)
Travel 15 kms approximately entering Ballyglass.
Turn left at T junction (Post Office and Petrol Station straight in front of you).
Continue on until you come to the Crossroads
- 1.5 kms -  (the community centre is on your right hand side)
Turn left and then right immediately after the National School.
The Childcare Centre is at the rear of the National School

From Claremorris:

Take the N84 (Ballinrobe Road) from Claremorris.
Take the first turn right (after the playground) signposted Ballyglass / Ballintubber
Continue along this road (10 kms approx) until you come to a T junction (at Tuohys Pub)
Turn Right - entering Ballyglass (5 kms)
Go through the village (passing by the Post Office and Petrol Station, and the soccer Club) until you come to the Crossroads (the community centre is on your right hand side)
Turn left and then right immediately after the National School.
The Childcare Centre is at the rear of the National School

Contact Details

Manager: Rachael Cassidy


Senior Childcare Practitioners:
Mariola Barrett


Secretary: 
Lyndsey Gill


Telephone: 
094 9360820
087 2107038

E-mail:
ballyglasschildcare2009@gmail.com
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Opening Hours:
8 am to 5.30 pm   
5 day per week
51 weeks per year

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Management Committee:
Chairperson:  Patricia Nestor
Vice Chairperson: Sheila Gilligan
Secretary:  Mairead Lavin
Asst. Secretary: Ruth Devlin
Treasurer:  Breege Jennings
Asst Treasurer: Grainne O'Toole
PRO:  Trish Vahey
Committee: Deirdre Heneghan, Joan Walsh

Google Map

From Castlebar:

Take the N84 (Ballinrobe Road) from Castlebar and after the Railway Station take the next turn left (signposted Ballyglass).
Continue for 14 kms - entering Ballyglass.
At the crossroads (with the community centre on your left) turn right and then right again immediately after the National School. 
The Childcare Centre is at the rear of the National School
Company Registration No. 369054
Charitable Status No. CHY17869