List of association football venues in the Republic of Ireland

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The following is a list of association football venues in the Republic of Ireland, ranked in descending order of capacity.

Note that the Brandywell Stadium is not included; though Derry City F.C. play in the League of Ireland, they are located in Northern Ireland. See List of association football stadiums in Northern Ireland.

Stadiums[]

Rank Stadium Total Capacity Seating Capacity Location Home team/club
1 Aviva Stadium 51,700[1] 51,700 Ballsbridge Republic of Ireland national football team
2 Thomond Park 26,500[2] 15,100 Limerick
3 Tallaght Stadium 8,142[3] 8,000 Tallaght Shamrock Rovers F.C.
4 Turner's Cross 7,385[4] 7,385 Cork Cork City F.C.
5 Richmond Park 5,340[5] 2,800 Inchicore St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
6 Eamonn Deacy Park 5,000[6] 3,300 Galway Galway United F.C.
7 Bishopsgate 5,097[7] 4,960 Longford Longford Town F.C.
8 Finn Park 4,600 400 Ballybofey Finn Harps F.C.
9 Oriel Park 4,500[8] 3,000 Dundalk Dundalk F.C.
10 Waterford RSC 5,160 3,100 Waterford Waterford United F.C.
11 St. Colman's Park 4,000[9] 1,350 Cobh Cobh Ramblers F.C.
12 Markets Field 3,075[10] 3,000 Limerick Treaty United F.C.
13 The Showgrounds 3,873[11] 3,873 Sligo Sligo Rovers F.C.
14 Dalymount Park 3,640 3,640 Phibsborough, Dublin Bohemian F.C.
15 Tolka Park 3,600 3,600 Drumcondra, Dublin Shelbourne F.C.
16 Carlisle Grounds 3,200[12] 3,200 Bray Bray Wanderers F.C.
17 Buckley Park 3,000 1,850 Kilkenny Kilkenny United W.F.C.
UCD Bowl 3,000[13] 1,500 Belfield, Dublin UCD
Mardyke Arena 3,000 1,000 Mardyke, Cork UCC
20 Station Road 2,500 850 Newbridge, County Kildare Newbridge Town/Kildare County
21 Jackman Park 2,450 261 Limerick
22 Athlone Town Stadium 2,100 2,100 Athlone Athlone Town
23 United Park 2,000 1,500 Drogheda Drogheda United
Gortakeegan 2,000 620 Monaghan Monaghan United
Ferrycarrig Park 2,000 609 Crossabeg Wexford Youths
Drom Soccer Park 2,000 0 Salthill Salthill Devon
27 Celtic Park 1,500 550 Castlebar Castlebar Celtic
Leah Victoria Park 1,500 0 Tullamore Tullamore Town
29 Jackson Park 1,000 Kilternan Wayside Celtic/UCD Waves
Hawkins Lane 1,000 75 Tullow F.C. Carlow/Parkville United
Cahermoneen 1,000 0 Tralee, County Kerry Tralee Dynamos
Irishtown Stadium 1,000 0 Irishtown, Dublin St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C./Liffey Wanderers
Fahy's Field 1,000 0 Galway Mervue United

Proposed stadiums and redevelopments[]

Stadium Capacity Location Club Progress
Richmond Arena 12,000 Inchicore, County Dublin St Patrick's Athletic Cancelled
Tallaght Stadium 10,000 Tallaght, County Dublin Shamrock Rovers Proposed
New Finn Harps Stadium 6,800 Stranorlar, County Donegal Finn Harps Under Construction
Dalymount Park 6,000 Phibsborough, County Dublin Bohemians F.C. Proposed
The Showgrounds, Sligo 6,000 Sligo, County Sligo Sligo Rovers Proposed
Market's Field 5,000 Limerick, County Limerick Limerick On hold
New Drogheda United Stadium 5,000 Drogheda, County Louth Drogheda United Cancelled

Redevelopments of current stadiums are in italics.

References[]

  1. ^ "Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road, Dublin Arena)". Stadium DB. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ "THOMOND PARK". Munster Rugby. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ "About Us". Tallaght Stadium. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. ^ "TURNER'S CROSS STADIUM". Cork City FC. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "St Patrick's Athletic". Football ground guide. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ "History of Eamonn Deacy Park". Galway United FC. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Bishopsgate Football Stadium". Longford. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  8. ^ "New Dundalk owners have no immediate plans for Oriel Park revamp". the42. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Cobh Ramblers land massive Dundalk home tie in cup semi-final". Echo Live. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Limerick's Markets Field to host two international fixtures". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  11. ^ "SLIGO ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB DEVELOPMENT MASTERPLAN" (PDF). Sligo Rovers. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Bray Wanderers: 'There's no plan to move from our stadium, but it has to be fixed'". the42. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. ^ "UCD hosts World Rugby Women's Sevens qualifier series". UCD. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

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