Football Ground Map
Football Ground Map
The football betting experts at My Betting Sites Ireland know a helluva lot about where you can bet on the beautiful game.
But their knowledge doesn't begin and end there. And so it's proved with this handy guide to the top football stadiums in Dublin.
Opened: 2010
Capacity: 51,700
Tenants: Ireland national team
Built on the same site in which the famous Lansdowne Road once stood, The Aviva is Ireland's only UEFA Category 4 stadium.
The ground has been home to both the Republic of Ireland national football team since 2010 while it also hosted the Europa League final in 2011. It will be the scene for the showpiece event once again in 2024.
For Irish fans, the standout Aviva moment remains Shane Long's goal which beat then World Champions, Germany, during Euro 2016 qualification.
Needing a win to stay in contention, Ireland claimed a shock result courtesy of a Darren Randolph punt and Long's stunning strike past Manuel Neur. Cue wild celebrations in the crowd which have been few and far between for fans of the national side since!
Opened: 2009
Capacity: 8,000
Tenants: Shamrock Rovers
As the home of the most successful League Of Ireland side, Shamrock Rovers, The Tallaght Stadium has seen its fair share of silverware since opening its doors in 2009.
European nights have been plentiful too with Juventus and Totttenham among the high profile visitors in the Europa League.
As has become tradition, the ground was the scene of celebration as recently as October 2022 when the Hoops secured a third successive league championship, their twentieth in total.
There may have been ever more Tallaght Stadium title celebrations had there not been a lengthy battle in which the building of the stadium stopped for six and a half years, prior to its completion.
Opened: Late 1800s
Capacity: 7,485
Tenants: Cork City
Turner's Cross is one of two all-seater and fully covered stadiums in Ireland, the other being the Aviva.
Despite being owned by the Munster Football Association, League of Ireland side Cork City use the ground as its home and will do so for the next 20 years at least with a new agreement in place between the two parties.
After a two year spell out of the Premier Division, Cork's First Division title win in October 2022 brought top flight football back to "The Cross".
The stadium hosted a senior international fixture in 2016 as Ireland took on Belarus as part of preparations for Euro 2016.
Opened: 1925
Capacity: 5,340
Tenants: St Patrick's Athletic
League of Ireland side St Pats have owned Richmond Park since 1960. The ground has staged many European ties, as well as LOI Cup Finals and internationals for Republic of Ireland underage and women's teams.
As one of Ireland's oldest stadiums, it's fair to say it has seen its fair share of redevelopment throughout the years - St Pats even had to seek an alternative to Richmond Park upon first entering the League of Ireland owing to the ground not meeting the required standards.
Issues with the ground have remained since and forced St Pats to regularly move European ties to other stadia in Ireland.
It comes as no surprise that the club is planning to take Richmond Park down and replace it with a brand new stadium. 'The Richmond Arena' would have a capacity of 12,000 and meet UEFA category 3 standard.
Opened: 1920s
Capacity: 4,400
Tenants: Shelbourne
Shelbourne F.C have been the permanent tenants of Tolka Park since the 1950s. But as many as six other LOI clubs have called Tolka Park 'home' since it first opened in the 1920s, including Shamrock Rovers who used Tolka during the redevelopment of Tallaght Stadium.
Tolka Park has hosted two Ireland internationals and the FAI Cup final before it moved to Lansdowne Road. The ground was also the setting for the first televised LOI game between Shelbourne and Derry City in 1996.
The future of the stadium - and where Shebourne would play - had been shrouded in doubt since 2016 when Dublin City Council purchased the ground with the view to demolishing the ground and using the site for housing.
Fortunately, public pressure on the council to go back on their initial plan has succeeded and Tolka Park is set to be preserved and redeveloped.
Opened: 1901
Capacity: 4,227
Tenants: Bohemians
"Dalyer", as Dalymount Park is widely known, holds a place in the heart of many Irish football fans.
The stadium has hosted many Irish internationals and FAI Cup finals since the early 20th century plus Champions League Qualifiers and UEFA Cup matches.
According to the archives, a record crowd of around 48,000 packed in to watch Ireland play England in 1957 (although the exact number is not known for sure).
Current tenants League of Ireland side Bohemians FC side have occupied the ground since 1901. However, plans for it to be demolished and rebuilt have been confirmed with the newly redeveloped 7,800 capacity Dalymount Park set to completed by 2026.
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