List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums
Croke Park, the largest stadium of any kind in Ireland
The following is a list of stadiums used by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The stadiums are ordered by capacity; that is, the maximum number of spectators each stadium is authorised by the GAA to accommodate.
Three of the stadiums above 35,000 capacity are used for Gaelic football and hurling provincial finals, while the largest stadium, Croke Park, is used for the All-Ireland Senior Championship Finals during September of each year, and the semi- and quarter-finals of each sport. It is also used on occasion for the Leinster provincial finals and Ulster provincial finals in Gaelic football, and has been leased for non-GAA events.
While Croke Park has hosted the majority of finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the final was once passed among counties apart from Dublin—and, in the case of the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, was played at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Similarly, Croke Park has hosted most of the finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship; the most recent final held outside the capital was in 1984, at Semple Stadium in Thurles, County Tipperary, to mark the centenary of the founding of the GAA in the town.
Like rugby, fans are not segregated at GAA venues.[1]
List of stadiums
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| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Location | Coordinates | County |
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| 1 | Croke Park | 82,300 | Dublin | 53°21′38.70″N 6°15′4.80″W / 53.3607500°N 6.2513333°W / 53.3607500; -6.2513333 | GAA HQ |
| 2 | Semple Stadium | 53,500 | Thurles | 52°40′55.91″N 7°49′30.40″W / 52.6821972°N 7.8251111°W / 52.6821972; -7.8251111 | Tipperary GAA |
| 3 | Gaelic Grounds | 49,866 | Limerick | 52°40′12.50″N 8°39′15.10″W / 52.6701389°N 8.6541944°W / 52.6701389; -8.6541944 | Limerick GAA |
| 4 | Pairc Ui Chaoimh | 45,000 | Cork City | | Cork GAA |
| 5 | Fitzgerald Stadium | 43,180 | Killarney | 52°3′58.75″N 9°30′28.56″W / 52.0663194°N 9.5079333°W / 52.0663194; -9.5079333 | Kerry GAA |
| 6 | MacHale Park | 42,000 | Castlebar | 53°51′13.92″N 9°17′3.93″W / 53.8538667°N 9.2844250°W / 53.8538667; -9.2844250 | Mayo GAA |
| 7 | St Tiernach's Park | 36,000 | Clones | 54°11′8.04″N 7°13′57.86″W / 54.1855667°N 7.2327389°W / 54.1855667; -7.2327389 | Monaghan GAA |
| 8 | Pearse Stadium | 33,000 | Galway | 53°15′47.92″N 9°5′2.98″W / 53.2633111°N 9.0841611°W / 53.2633111; -9.0841611 | Galway GAA |
| 9 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh | 32,550 | Cork | 51°53′59.10″N 8°26′6.15″W / 51.8997500°N 8.4350417°W / 51.8997500; -8.4350417 | Cork GAA |
| 10 | Casement Park | 32,500 | Belfast | 54°34′23.90″N 5°59′2.35″W / 54.5733056°N 5.9839861°W / 54.5733056; -5.9839861 | Antrim GAA |
| 11 | Breffni Park | 32,000 | Cavan | 53°58′54.54″N 7°21′33.38″W / 53.9818167°N 7.3592722°W / 53.9818167; -7.3592722 | Cavan GAA |
| 12 | O'Moore Park | 27,000 | Portlaoise | 53°1′33.84″N 7°18′7.93″W / 53.0260667°N 7.3022028°W / 53.0260667; -7.3022028 | Laois GAA |
| 13 | Healy Park | 26,500 | Omagh | 54°36′49.89″N 7°17′45.95″W / 54.6138583°N 7.2960972°W / 54.6138583; -7.2960972 | Tyrone GAA |
| 14 | Nowlan Park | 24,000 | Kilkenny | 52°39′23.03″N 7°14′22.85″W / 52.6563972°N 7.2396806°W / 52.6563972; -7.2396806 | Kilkenny GAA |
| 15 | Páirc na gCeilteach | 22,000 | Derry | 54°59′35.73″N 7°20′0.83″W / 54.9932583°N 7.3335639°W / 54.9932583; -7.3335639 | Derry GAA |
| 16 | Dr. Cullen Park | 21,000 | Carlow | 52°50′49.38″N 6°54′58.82″W / 52.8470500°N 6.9163389°W / 52.8470500; -6.9163389 | Carlow GAA |
| 17 | O'Connor Park | 20,000 | Tullamore | 53°16′49.80″N 7°29′21.93″W / 53.2805000°N 7.4894250°W / 53.2805000; -7.4894250 | Offaly GAA |
| 18 | Wexford Park | 20,000 | Wexford | 52°19′57.47″N 6°28′33.20″W / 52.3326306°N 6.4758889°W / 52.3326306; -6.4758889 | Wexford GAA |
| 19 | Páirc Esler | 20,000 | Newry | 54°9′9.77″N 6°19′27.42″W / 54.1527139°N 6.3242833°W / 54.1527139; -6.3242833 | Down GAA |
| 20 | Brewster Park | 20,000 | Enniskillen | 54°21′3.62″N 7°38′1.92″W / 54.3510056°N 7.6338667°W / 54.3510056; -7.6338667 | Fermanagh GAA |
| 21 | Athletic Grounds | 19,500 | Armagh | 54°20′36.15″N 6°39′41.21″W / 54.3433750°N 6.6614472°W / 54.3433750; -6.6614472 | Armagh GAA |
| 22 | Markievicz Park | 19,000 | Sligo | 54°15′26.10″N 8°27′56.08″W / 54.2572500°N 8.4655778°W / 54.2572500; -8.4655778 | Sligo GAA |
| 23 | Dr. Hyde Park | 25,000 | Roscommon | 53°37′29.70″N 8°10′50.54″W / 53.6249167°N 8.1807056°W / 53.6249167; -8.1807056 | Roscommon GAA |
| 24 | MacCumhail Park | 18,000 | Ballybofey | 54°48′3.69″N 7°46′42.38″W / 54.8010250°N 7.7784389°W / 54.8010250; -7.7784389 | Donegal GAA |
| 25 | Walsh Park | 17,000 | Waterford | 52°15′17″N 7°7′43.79″W / 52.25472°N 7.1288306°W / 52.25472; -7.1288306 | Waterford GAA |
| 26 | Páirc Uí Rinn | 16,500 | Cork | 51°53′29.1″N 8°26′13.39″W / 51.891417°N 8.4370528°W / 51.891417; -8.4370528 | Cork GAA |
| 27 | Austin Stack Park | 15,000 | Tralee | 52°16′09.51″N 9°41′38.37″W / 52.2693083°N 9.6939917°W / 52.2693083; -9.6939917 | Kerry GAA |
| 28 | Fraher Field | 15,000 | Dungarvan | 52°5′48.06″N 7°37′25.09″W / 52.0966833°N 7.6236361°W / 52.0966833; -7.6236361 | Waterford GAA |
| 29 | Cusack Park (Ennis) | 14,864 | Ennis | 52°50′46.73″N 8°58′43.18″W / 52.8463139°N 8.9786611°W / 52.8463139; -8.9786611 | Clare GAA |
| 30 | Parnell Park | 13,500 | Donnycarney, Dublin | 53°22′22.70″N 6°13′0″W / 53.3729722°N 6.21667°W / 53.3729722; -6.21667 | Dublin GAA |
| 31 | Cusack Park (Mullingar) | 11,000 | Mullingar | 53°31′40.83″N 7°20′18.75″W / 53.5280083°N 7.3385417°W / 53.5280083; -7.3385417 | Westmeath GAA |
| 32 | St Brendan's Park | 11,000 | Birr | 53°5′29.14″N 7°54′31.01″W / 53.0914278°N 7.9086139°W / 53.0914278; -7.9086139 | Offaly GAA |
| 33 | Aughrim County Ground | 10,000 | Wicklow | 52°51′9.58″N 6°20′7.29″W / 52.8526611°N 6.3353583°W / 52.8526611; -6.3353583 | Wicklow GAA |
| 34 | Páirc Tailteann | 10,000 | Navan | 53°38′59.03″N 6°41′38.28″W / 53.6497306°N 6.6939667°W / 53.6497306; -6.6939667 | Meath GAA |
| 35 | Pearse Park | 10,000 | Longford | 53°44′21.29″N 7°48′7.46″W / 53.7392472°N 7.8020722°W / 53.7392472; -7.8020722 | Longford GAA |
| 36 | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | 9,331 | Carrick-on-Shannon | 54°56′53.01″N 8°4′30.53″W / 54.9480583°N 8.0751472°W / 54.9480583; -8.0751472 | Leitrim GAA |
| 37 | O’Donnell Park | 8,200 | Letterkenny | | Donegal GAA |
| 38 | St Jarlath's Park | 6,700 | Tuam | 53°50′34″N 8°51′11″W / 53.84278°N 8.85306°W / 53.84278; -8.85306 | Galway GAA |
| 39 | St Conleth's Park | 6,200 | Newbridge | 53°10′45.88″N 6°47′39.77″W / 53.1794111°N 6.7943806°W / 53.1794111; -6.7943806 | Kildare GAA |
| 40 | Fr Tierney Park | 5,600 | Ballyshannon | | Donegal GAA |
| 41 | McKenna Park | 5,000 | Ballycran | 54°28′38.99″N 5°30′26.94″W / 54.4774972°N 5.5074833°W / 54.4774972; -5.5074833 | Down GAA |
| 42 | Emerald GAA Grounds | 5,000 | Ruislip | 51°33′01″N 0°23′54″W / 51.5501847°N 0.3983778°W / 51.5501847; -0.3983778 | London GAA |
| 43 | Shamrock Field | 4,000 | St John's | | Canada GAA |
| 44 | Gaelic Grounds | 3,500 | Drogheda | 53°43′24.89″N 6°21′33.76″W / 53.7235806°N 6.3593778°W / 53.7235806; -6.3593778 | Louth GAA |
| 45 | Gaelic Park | 2,000 | New York City | 40°53′15″N 73°54′5″W / 40.88750°N 73.90139°W / 40.88750; -73.90139Coordinates: 40°53′15″N 73°54′5″W / 40.88750°N 73.90139°W / 40.88750; -73.90139 | New York GAA |
| 46 | Páirc Phroinsías | 1,000 | Clara | | Offaly GAA |
Location of the top 10 GAA stadiums by capacity in Ireland. See also
- Lists of stadiums by capacity
References
- ↑ Scott, Ronan (29 January 2013). "I'm a GAA fan, get me out of here!". Gaelic Life. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
On Saturday, I swapped the Athletic Grounds for Windsor Park. Rather than go and watch Tyrone win another title, I opted to go see Cliftonville play in the IrnBru Cup final. [...] One thing that the GAA has, is that you can enter wherever you want, stand where you want, and you will always be welcome no matter who you are.
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