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Musgrave Park, Cork
Rugby football stadium in Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Musgrave Park, known as Virgin Media Park for sponsorship reasons,[5] is a rugby football stadium in the city of Cork, Ireland. The ground is situated on Pearse Road in Ballyphehane. The ground is named after Jimmy Musgrave, a past-president of the Irish Rugby Football Union.[6] Owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), it is primarily used by Dolphin RFC, Sundays Well RFC, and Munster Rugby.
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![]() Musgrave Park stands prior to renovation, September 2013 | |
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Former names | Irish Independent Park (sponsorship; 2015-2020) |
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Location | Cork |
Coordinates | 51.8808°N 8.4718°W / 51.8808; -8.4718 |
Public transit | Cork railway station Pearse Road / O'Growney Crescent bus stop |
Owner | Irish Rugby Football Union |
Capacity | 8,008[1][2][3] |
Surface | Artificial turf [4] |
Opened | Original: 1940 After redevelopment: 2015 |
Tenants | |
Dolphin RFC Sundays Well RFC Munster Rugby |
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