List of stadiums in Ireland by capacity

Croke Park has the largest capacity of any stadium in Ireland and the fourth largest in Europe

The following is a list of sports stadiums in Ireland. This includes stadiums in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They are ordered by their capacity; i.e. the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate. The capacity figures are permanent total capacity as authorised by the controlling body, including seating and any standing areas, and excluding any temporary seating.

Most stadiums are used Gaelic games, association football, or rugby union.

This list is not complete

Stadiums

In Italics currently under redevelopment/construction.

#	Stadium	Location	Owner(s) and/or Tenant(s)	Main use(s)	Capacity (Safe)	Seated	Previous Capacity	Floodlit
1	Croke Park	Dublin	Gaelic Athletic Association	Gaelic football/Hurling	82,300^[1]	69,500		Yes
2	Semple Stadium	Thurles	Tipperary GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	53,000	26,000		Yes
3	Aviva Stadium	Dublin	IRFU/FAI/Leinster Rugby	Rugby union/Soccer	51,700	51,700		Yes
4	Gaelic Grounds	Limerick	Limerick GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	49,500	24,000		Yes
5	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Cork	Cork GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	45,000	21,000		Yes^[2]
6	Fitzgerald Stadium	Killarney	Kerry GAA	Gaelic football	43,180	9,000		No
7	MacHale Park	Castlebar	Mayo GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	42,000	42,000		Yes
8	St Tiernach's Park	Clones	Monaghan GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	36,000	18,500		No
9	Casement Park	Belfast	Antrim GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	32,600	8,000		Yes
10	O'Moore Park	Portlaoise	Laois GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	27,000	6,000		Yes^[3]
11	Pearse Stadium	Salthill	Galway GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	26,197	8,000	33,000	No
12	Breffni Park	Cavan	Cavan GAA	Gaelic football	26,000	6,000		Yes
13	Thomond Park	Limerick	IRFU/Munster Rugby/Limerick	Rugby union/Soccer	25,600	15,100		Yes
14	St Jarlath's Park	Tuam	Galway GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	25,000	6,400		No
	Wexford Park	Wexford	Wexford GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	25,000			No
16	Nowlan Park	Kilkenny	Kilkenny GAA	Hurling	24,000	19,000	30,000	No
17	Celtic Park	Derry	Derry GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	22,000	3,600		Yes
18	Dr. Cullen Park	Carlow	Carlow GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	21,000	3,000		No
19	Cusack Park	Ennis	Clare GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	20,500	3269	28,000^[4]	No
20	Páirc Esler	Newry	Down GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	20,000	8,000		Yes
	O'Connor Park	Tullamore	Offaly GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	20,000	7,000		No
22	Dr. Hyde Park	Roscommon	Roscommon GAA	Gaelic football	25,000	3,600	33,612	No
23	Markievicz Park	Sligo	Sligo GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	18,558	3,585		No
24	RDS Arena	Dublin	Royal Dublin Society/Leinster Rugby	Equestrianism/rugby union	18,500	16,500		Yes
	Healy Park	Omagh	Tyrone GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	18,500	5,000		Yes
26	Kingspan Stadium	Belfast	IRFU/Ulster Rugby	Rugby union	18,200	14,000		Yes
27	Windsor Park	Belfast	Linfield/IFA	Soccer	18,000	18,000	24,734	Yes^[5]
	MacCumhail Park	Ballybofey	Donegal GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	18,000	5,000		Yes
	Brewster Park	Enniskillen	Fermanagh GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	18,000			Yes
30	Walsh Park	Waterford	Waterford GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	17,000	6,000		No
31	Athletic Grounds	Armagh	Armagh GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	16,500	5,682		Yes
32	Páirc Uí Rinn	Cork	Cork GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	16,440	8,000		Yes
33	Austin Stack Park	Tralee	Kerry GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	15,000	5,000		Yes
	Páirc Tailteann	Navan	Meath GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	15,000	5,000	30,000	Yes
35	Fraher Field	Dungarvan	Waterford GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	12,000	4,000		No
36	Malahide Cricket Club Ground	Malahide	Malahide Cricket Club	Cricket	11,500	n/a		Yes
37	Cusack Park	Mullingar	Westmeath GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	11,000		15,000	No
38	Aughrim County Ground	Aughrim	Wicklow GAA	Gaelic games	10,000	5,000		No
39	Pearse Park	Longford	Longford GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	10,000	4,000	18,000	No
40	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada	Carrick-on-Shannon	Leitrim GAA	Gaelic football	9,331	3,000	17,000	No
41	Irish Independent Park	Cork	IRFU/Munster Rugby	Rugby union	9,251	3,450		Yes
42	Dubarry Park	Athlone	IRFU	Rugby union	8,000	850		Yes
43	The Showgrounds	Newry	Newry City A.F.C.	Soccer	7,949	1,080		Yes
44	The Brandywell	Derry	Derry City	Soccer	7,700	2,900		Yes
45	Galway Sportsgrounds	Galway	Bord na gCon/Connacht Rugby	Greyhound racing/Rugby union	7,500			Yes
46	Turner's Cross	Cork	Cork City	Association football	7,485	7,485		Yes
47	Parnell Park	Dublin	Dublin GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	7,300	2,800	13,500	Yes
48	Carlisle Grounds	Bray	Bray Wanderers	Soccer	7,000	2,000		Yes
49	City Calling Stadium	Longford	Longford Town	Soccer	6,850	6,850		Yes
50	St Conleth's Park	Newbridge	Kildare GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	6,200		13,000	No
51	Donnybrook Stadium	Dublin	Leinster Rugby	Rugby union	6,000	2,500		Yes
52	St Colman's Park	Cobh	Cobh Ramblers	Soccer	6,000	1,350		Yes
53	Finn Park	Ballybofey	Finn Harps	Soccer	6,000	400		Yes
54	Stormont	Belfast	Cricket Ireland	Cricket	6,000			No
55	Tallaght Stadium	Dublin	South Dublin County Council/Shamrock Rovers	Soccer	5,947	5,947		Yes
56	The Showgrounds	Sligo	Sligo Rovers	Soccer	5,500	4,000		Yes
57	Richmond Park	Dublin	St Patrick's Athletic	Soccer	5,340	2,800		Yes
58	Markets Field	Limerick	Limerick FC	Soccer	5,100	1,850	3,000	Yes
59	The Oval	Belfast	Glentoran	Soccer	5,056	4,790	26,556	Yes
60	Eamonn Deacy Park	Galway		Soccer	5,000	3,300		Yes
61	Pearse Park	Arklow	Wicklow GAA	Hurling	5,000			No
62	Tolka Park	Dublin	Dublin City Council/Shelbourne	Soccer	4,800	4,800	9,860	Yes
63	Oriel Park	Dundalk	Dundalk	Soccer	4,500	3,000		Yes
64	Dalymount Park	Dublin	Bohemians	Soccer	4,300	4,300	10,000	Yes
65	Morton Stadium	Dublin	Clonliffe Harriers AC	Athletics	4,000	800		Yes
66	Templeville Road	Dublin	St Mary's College RFC	Rugby union	4,000			Yes
67	O'Donnell Park	Letterkenny	Donegal GAA	Gaelic football	3,800	2,500		Yes
68	Drogheda Park	Drogheda	Gaelic Athletic Association	Gaelic football	3,500			No
69	Castle Avenue	Dublin	Cricket Ireland	Cricket	3,200	500		No
70	Waterford Regional Sports Centre	Waterford	Waterford City Council/Waterford United	Soccer	3,100	3,100		Yes
71	Buckley Park	Kilkenny		Soccer	3,000	1,850		Yes
72	UCD Bowl	Dublin	UCD AFC/UCD RFC	Soccer/Rugby union	3,000	1,500		Yes
73	The Mardyke	Cork	UCC AFC/UCC RFC	Soccer/Rugby union	3,000	1,000		Yes
74	Solitude	Belfast	Cliftonville	Soccer	2,883	2,883	6,224	Yes
75	Station Road	Newbridge	Newbridge Town	Soccer	2,500	850		Yes
76	Jackman Park	Limerick		Soccer	2,450	261		Yes
77	Athlone Town Stadium	Athlone	Athlone Town	Soccer	2,100	2,100		Yes
78	United Park	Drogheda	Drogheda United	Soccer	2,000	1,500		Yes
79	Gortakeegan	Monaghan	Monaghan United	Soccer	2,000	620		Yes
80	Ferrycarrig Park	Crossabeg	Wexford Youths	Soccer	2,000	609		Yes
81	Drom Soccer Park	Drum East	Salthill Devon	Soccer	2,000			Yes

Top 10 Stadiums by Capacity

Location of the top 10 stadiums by capacity in Ireland.

Stadiums Under Redevelopment

#	Stadium	Location	Owner(s) and/or Tenant(s)	Main use(s)	Expected Capacity	Expected Seated	Expected Start Date	Expected Finish Date
1	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Cork	Cork GAA	Gaelic football/Hurling	45,000	21,000	Jan 2015	Jan 2017

References

Future and proposed sports stadiums in Ireland

Under development	New Finn Harps Stadium (6,800)

Proposed	Páirc Uí Chaoimh (45,000) Brandywell Stadium (8,000) Fingal Sports Complex (4,200)

Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums

National stadium

Croke Park

County grounds

Connacht	Dr. Hyde Park (Roscommon) MacHale Park (Mayo) Markievicz Park (Sligo) Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada (Leitrim) Pearse Stadium (Galway)

Leinster	Cusack Park (Westmeath) Dr. Cullen Park (Carlow) Drogheda Park (Louth) Nowlan Park (Kilkenny) O'Byrne Park (Wicklow) O'Connor Park (Offaly) O'Moore Park (Laois) Páirc Tailteann (Meath) Parnell Park (Dublin) Pearse Park (Longford) St Conleth's Park (Kildare) Wexford Park (Wexford)

Munster	Cusack Park (Clare) FitzGerald Stadium (Kerry) Gaelic Grounds (Limerick) Páirc Uí Chaoimh (Cork) Semple Stadium (Tipperary) Walsh Park (Waterford)

Ulster	Athletic Grounds (Armagh) Breffni Park (Cavan) Brewster Park (Fermanagh) Casement Park (Antrim) Celtic Park (Derry) Healy Park (Tyrone) MacCumhail Park (Donegal) Páirc Esler (Down) St Tiernach's Park (Monaghan)

Abroad	Emerald GAA Grounds (London) Gaelic Park (New York) Old Bedians (Lancashire) Páirc na hÉireann (Warwickshire)

Other grounds

List of stadiums in Ireland by capacity

International Cricket grounds in Ireland

ODI grounds:	Castle Avenue Civil Service Cricket Club Ground The Village Bready Cricket Club Ground

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List of stadiums in Ireland by capacity

Stadiums

Top 10 Stadiums by Capacity

Stadiums Under Redevelopment

See also

References