Editing Community Games (section)

==History==
The Community Games was set up in 1967 by Joseph Connolly.<ref name="examiner2008">{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30382453.html | website = Irish Examiner | title = Community Games founder dies | date= 18 October 2008 | accessdate = 21 February 2025 }}</ref> Initially, the event was focused in the [[Walkinstown]] area of Dublin – as a way to deal with the problems of the lack of leisure-time activities for young people of the area. The Dublin Community Games finals took place, in [[Santry]], in 1968 and 1969. The event expanded by 1970, and the finals of the inaugural National Community Games involved teams from counties Cork, Kilkenny, Limerick, Louth, Roscommon, Tipperary and Waterford.<ref name="ai2019">{{cite web|url = https://www.athleticsireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/legacy/downloads/statistics/Community_Games_ROH_(3).pdf | website = athleticsireland.ie | title = All Ireland Community Games - Athletics Roll of Honour 1968-2019 | accessdate = 21 February 2025 }}</ref>

For much of the game's history, from 1973 until 2008, the national finals were held in [[Mosney]], [[County Meath]].<ref name="ai2019"/> However, from 2009 onwards the games were held at the [[Athlone Institute of Technology]] in Athlone, County Westmeath and then in the grounds of the [[University of Limerick]]. They have since been in several different venues throughout Ireland such as SETU Carlow, Westport Golf Club, Kilkenny Watershed and Visual Carlow.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

Previously known as the "[[Health Service Executive|HSE]] Community Games",<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.communitygames.ie/ | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150112030722/http://www.communitygames.ie/ | archivedate = 12 January 2015 | website = communitygames.ie | title = HSE Community Games - Home | accessdate = 21 February 2025 }}</ref> as of 2018 the organisation was sponsored by [[Aldi]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.communitygames.ie/ | website = communitygames.ie | title = Community Games - Aldi Community Games - Endless Possibilities | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180601085907/https://www.communitygames.ie/ | archivedate = 1 June 2018 }}</ref> In early 2024, [[Cairn Homes]] was announced as the title sponsor for the Community Games.<ref name="2004sponsor">{{cite press release | website = cairncommunitygames.ie | url = https://www.cairncommunitygames.ie/news/cairn-announces-title-sponsorship-and-eur3-million-investment-in-iconic-community-games | title = Cairn Announces Title Sponsorship And €3 Million Investment In Iconic Community Games | date = January 2024 | accessdate = 21 February 2025 }}</ref><ref name="indo2024">{{cite web|url =https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/community-games-receives-3m-and-new-title-sponsor-in-bid-to-boost-participation/a937631460.html | website = Irish Independent | title = Community Games receives €3m and new title sponsor in bid to boost participation | date = 29 January 2024 | accessdate = 21 February 2025 }}</ref>