Oriel Park
Football stadium in Dundalk, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oriel Park is a UEFA Category 2 football stadium located on the Carrickmacross Road in Dundalk, Ireland. The stadium is the home ground of Dundalk Football Club and is owned and operated by the club on land that has been leased from the Casey Family Trust since 1936.
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Páirc Airgíalla | |
Home of Football | |
Address | Oriel Park, Carrickmacross Road, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland |
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Coordinates | 54.0000°N 6.4166°W / 54.0000; -6.4166 |
Public transit | Dundalk railway station Bus Éireann Route 166 |
Owner | Casey Family Trust (land) Dundalk Town FC Ltd (stadium) |
Operator | Dundalk F.C. |
Type | Football stadium |
Capacity | 4,500 (Domestic) 3,100 (European) |
Record attendance | 18,000[lower-alpha 1] (Dundalk vs Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup).[2] |
Field size | 70 m x 106 m |
Surface | Grass (1919–2005) FieldTurf (2005–2016) Limonta Sport Max S (2017– ) |
Construction | |
Opened | 1919 |
Renovated | 1936, 1966, 2010 |
Tenants | |
Dundalk F.C. (1936–present) |
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The ground has a capacity of 3,100 for European matches (i.e. 3,100 seats) and 4,500 for domestic games (i.e. with the remainder standing).[3] Oriel Park's attendance record is an estimated 18,000, set in 1982 for Dundalk's European Cup Winners' Cup second round tie against Tottenham Hotspur F.C.[2]