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List of stadiums in Ireland by capacity

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

The following is a list of sports stadiums on Ireland. This includes stadiums in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They are ordered by their capacity. The capacity figures are permanent total capacity as authorised by the controlling body, including seating and any standing areas, and excluding any temporary seating. The minimum required capacity is 1,000.

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

Top 10 stadiums by capacity

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The maps pictured below, exclude stadiums currently under construction or awaiting redevelopment.

Stadiums

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In italics are those currently under redevelopment/construction/planning. This list is not complete. Up to date as of 13 April 2023.

Rank Stadium Location Owner(s) or tenants Main use(s) Capacity (safe) Seated Previous capacity Floodlit Image
1 Croke Park Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football/Hurling 82,300[1] 69,500 90,556 Yes
2 Aviva Stadium Dublin IRFU/FAI/Leinster Rugby Rugby union/Association football 51,700[2] 51,700 Yes
3 Semple Stadium Thurles Tipperary GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 45,690[3] 24,000 53,500 Yes
4 Páirc Uí Chaoimh Cork Cork GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 45,000[4] 21,000 32,550 Yes[5]
5 Gaelic Grounds
Páirc na nGael		 Limerick Limerick GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 44,023[6] 20,293 49,866 Yes
6 Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney Kerry GAA Gaelic football 38,000[7][8] 9,000 43,180 No
7 Casement Park Belfast Antrim GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 34,578[9] Yes
8 St Tiernach's Park Clones Monaghan GAA Gaelic football 29,000[10] 18,500 36,000 No
9 Nowlan Park Kilkenny Kilkenny GAA Hurling 27,000[11] 18,000 30,000 No
10 Pearse Stadium Galway Galway GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 26,197[12] 8,000 34,000 Yes
11 Thomond Park Limerick IRFU/Munster Rugby Rugby union 25,600[13] 15,100 Yes
12 MacHale Park Castlebar Mayo GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 25,369[14] 25,369 38,000 Yes
13 Breffni Park Cavan Cavan GAA Gaelic football 25,030[15] 5,030 Yes
14 Dr. Hyde Park Roscommon Roscommon GAA Gaelic football 23,900[16] 3,600 25,000 No
15 O'Moore Park Portlaoise Laois GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 22,000[17] 6,500 Yes
16 Cusack Park Ennis Clare GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 20,100[18] 3,269 28,000 No
17 Páirc Esler Newry Down GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 20,000[19] 8,000 Yes
18 Windsor Park Belfast Linfield/IFA Association football 18,614[20] 18,000 24,734 Yes[21]
19 Markievicz Park Sligo Sligo GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 18,558[11] 3,585 No
20 Celtic Park Derry Derry GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 18,500[22] 3,600 22,000 Yes
21 RDS Arena Dublin Royal Dublin Society/Leinster Rugby Equestrianism/rugby union 18,500[23] 16,500 Yes
22 Athletic Grounds Armagh Armagh GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 18,500[24] 5,575[11] Yes
23 Ravenhill Stadium Belfast IRFU/Ulster Rugby Rugby union 18,196[25] 9,000 12,000 Yes
24 Wexford Park Wexford Wexford GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 18,000[15] 9,000 Yes[26]
25 O'Connor Park Tullamore Offaly GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 18,000[11] 7,000 No
26 Brewster Park Enniskillen Fermanagh GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 18,000[11] Yes
27 Healy Park Omagh Tyrone GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 17,636[11] 4,500 Yes
28 MacCumhaill Park Ballybofey Donegal GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 17,500[27] 4,310[11] Yes
29 Páirc Uí Rinn Cork Cork GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 16,440[28] 8,000 Yes
30 Fraher Field Dungarvan Waterford GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 15,000[29] 4,000 Yes
31 St Conleth's Park Newbridge Kildare GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 15,000[30] 3,000 13,000
8,200[31]		 Yes
32 St Mary's Park Castleblayney Monaghan GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 14,000[32] 4,000 Yes
33 Austin Stack Park Tralee Kerry GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 12,000[33] 5,000 15,000 Yes
34 Malahide Cricket Club Ground Malahide Cricket Ireland
Malahide Cricket Club		 Cricket 11,500[34] N/A No
35 Cusack Park Mullingar Westmeath GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 11,500[35] 15,000 No
36 Walsh Park Waterford Waterford GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 11,046[36] 6,000 No
37 Páirc Tailteann Navan Meath GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 11,000[37] 5,000 30,000 Yes
38 Dr. Cullen Park Carlow Carlow GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 11,000[38] 3,000 21,000 Yes
39 Tallaght Stadium Dublin SDCC/Shamrock Rovers Association football 10,500[39] 10,000 8,000 Yes
40 Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada Carrick-on-Shannon Leitrim GAA Gaelic football 9,331[40] 3,000 15,000 No
41 Morton Stadium Dublin Clonliffe Harriers AC Athletics 8,800[41] 800 Yes
42 St Brendan's Park Birr Offaly GAA Athletics 8,800[41] Yes
43 Parnell Park Dublin Dublin GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 8,500[42] 2,800 13,500 Yes
44 O'Donnell Park Letterkenny Donegal GAA Gaelic football 8,200[43] 2,500 No
45 Galway Sportsgrounds Galway Bord na gCon/Connacht Rugby Greyhound racing/Rugby union 8,129[44] Yes
46 Musgrave Park Cork IRFU/Munster Rugby Rugby union 8,008[45] 3,450 Yes
47 Dubarry Park Athlone IRFU Rugby union 8,000 850 Yes
48 Turner's Cross Cork Cork City Association football 7,385[46] 7,385 Yes
49 O'Garney Park Sixmilebridge Clare GAA Gaelic games 7,000[47] 2,000 Yes
50 Aughrim County Ground Aughrim Wicklow GAA Gaelic games 7,000[48] 5,000 No
51 St Jarlath's Park Tuam Galway GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 6,700[49] 26,000 No
52 Donnybrook Stadium Dublin Leinster Rugby Rugby union 6,000[50] 2,500 Yes
53 Pearse Park Longford Longford GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 6,000[51] 2,000 18,000 No
54 Stormont Belfast Cricket Ireland Cricket 6,000[52] No
55 Fr Tierney Park Ballyshannon Donegal GAA Gaelic Games 5,600[43] No
56 Richmond Park Dublin St Patrick's Athletic Association football 5,340[53] 2,800 Yes
57 Bishopsgate Longford Longford Town Association football 5,097[54] 4,960 Yes
58 The Oval Belfast Glentoran Association football 5,056[55] 3,991 26,556 Yes
59 Eamonn Deacy Park Galway Galway Football Association/Galway United Association football 5,000[56] 3,300 Yes
60 Pearse Park Arklow Wicklow GAA Hurling 5,000 No
61 Finn Park Ballybofey Finn Harps Association football 4,600 400 7,000 Yes
62 Oriel Park Dundalk Dundalk Association football 4,500[57] 3,000 Yes
63 Dalymount Park Dublin Dublin City Council/Bohemians Association football 4,500[58] 10,000 Yes
64 Tolka Park Dublin Dublin City Council/Shelbourne Association football 4,200[59] 4,200 9,860 Yes
65 Templeville Road Dublin St Mary's College RFC Rugby union 4,000 0 Yes
66 St Colman's Park Cobh Cobh Ramblers Association football 4,000[60] 1,350 Yes
67 The Showgrounds Sligo Sligo Rovers Association football 3,873[61] 3,873 Yes
68 The Brandywell Derry Derry City Association football 3,700[62] 3,430 7,000 Yes
69 Corrigan Park Belfast Antrim GAA Gaelic football/Hurling 3,700[63][64] 600[64] 5,000
2,100[65]		 No
70 Ballymena Showgrounds Ballymena Mid and East Antrim Borough Council/Ballymena United F.C. Association football 3,600[55][66] 3,600 8,426 Yes
71 Drogheda Park Drogheda Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football 3,500 No
72 Seaview Belfast Crusaders F.C. Association football 3,383[67] 3,383
73 Donegal Community Stadium Donegal Finn Harps FC Association football 3,300[68] 5,400 Yes
74 Inver Park Larne Larne F.C. Association football 3,250[69] 3,250 1,100 Yes
75 Castle Avenue Dublin Cricket Ireland Cricket 3,200 500 No
76 Carlisle Grounds Bray Bray Wanderers Association football 3,200[70] 3,200 Yes
77 Mourneview Park Glenavon F.C. Lurgan Association football 3,200 3,200 Yes
78 Markets Field Limerick Limerick FC Association football 3,075[71] 1,710 3,000 Yes
79 Buckley Park Kilkenny Association football 3,000 1,850 Yes
80 UCD Bowl Dublin UCD AFC/UCD RFC Association football/Rugby union 3,000[72] 1,500 Yes
81 The Mardyke Cork UCC AFC/UCC RFC Association football/Rugby union 3,000 1,000 Yes
82 Duggan Park Ballinasloe Galway GAA Gaelic Games 3,000[73] Yes
83 Waterford Regional Sports Centre Waterford Waterford City Council/Waterford United Association football 2,983 5,160 Yes
84 Solitude Belfast Cliftonville Association football 2,883 2,883 6,224 Yes
85 Shamrock Park Portadown Portadown F.C. Association football 2,770[74] 2,770 5,804 Yes
86 Station Road Newbridge Newbridge Town Association football 2,500 850 Yes
87 Jackman Park Limerick Association football 2,450 261 Yes
88 Dixon Park Ballyclare Ballyclare Comrades F.C. Association football 2,398[75] 538 Yes
89 The Showgrounds Newry Newry City A.F.C. Association football 2,275 1,080 7,949
90 Athlone Town Stadium Athlone Athlone Town Association football 5,000 2,024 Yes
91 United Park Drogheda Drogheda United Association football 2,000 1,500 Yes
92 Gortakeegan Monaghan Monaghan United Association football 2,000 620 Yes
93 Ferrycarrig Park Crossabeg Wexford Youths Association football 2,000 609 Yes
94 Drom Soccer Park Drum East Salthill Devon Association football 2,000 Yes
95 Mounthawk Park Tralee Kerry District League Association football 2,000 500 Yes
96 Maginn Park Buncrana Inishowen Football League (Derry City Temporary Ground) Association football 1,574 250 Yes
97 Celtic Park Castlebar Castlebar Celtic Association football 1,500 550 No
98 Leah Victoria Park Tullamore Tullamore Town Association football 1,500 0 Yes
99 Charlie O'Donnell Sports Grounds Buncrana Cockhill Celtic Association football 1,000
100 Irishtown Stadium Irishtown, Dublin St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C./Liffey Wanderers Association football 1,000 0 No

See also

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