In a small community like ours, community groups play a large part in the lives of a lot of people. They organise events and activities for young and old. Below is a brief outline of the roles of the various community groups active in our area.

In 1995 a group of people gathered together to form a commitee to discuss the needs of the people in the community. This group consisted of people from all organisations in the area, namely the ICA, GAA, Community Games and Tidy Towns. This group is called the Community Action Group.

The main aims of the group were to bring the community closer together and to identify the needs of the area. Since 1995, we have been extremely busy. The local Scout Group was formed with the help of the group. They also hold various events to cater for people of all ages, namely Table Quiz nights, Card Drives, Adult Education classes and an annual Summer Sports and Open Field Day.

The ICA (Irish Countrywomens Association) hold meetings and events regularly. From time to time they have talks or demonstrations on many varied topics of interest.

The GAA was founded in Milltownpass in the late 1970's and in the space of around 5 years they had progressed up to senior level. During the late 80's and early 90's the club won numerous underage titles.

The GAA enter teams in the Westmeath Leagues and Championships in almost all grades of competition. At adult level they have 2 teams. At the moment these teams are Div 3 and Div 5 in the all county leagues and Intermediate and Junior for the championships. The club also fields an U21 team in the championship.

The underage club has which been very successful in recent times, enters teams in the grades U12, U14, U16 and U18. They also have teams in U10 and U8. each year the U10's play in various tournaments in the county while the U8's play only a few challenge matches.

The Community games movement in Milltownpass is also quite successful of late. The highlight being the rounders team which captured the all Ireland bronze medals in 1998.

The community games enter individuals or teams into many of the competitions in both winter and summer sports. Every year they hold events like a sports day or an art competition to see who should compete for Milltownpass at County level.

The Tidy Towns group in conjucntion with FAS oversee the landscaping and general tidiness of the village. Every year they are entered in the National Tidy Towns competition and have had a little success at Westmeath level to date.