Markievicz Park

Markievicz Park
Páirc Markiewicz
Location	Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland
Coordinates	54°48′3.69″N 7°46′42.38″W / 54.801025°N 7.7784389°W / 54.801025; -7.7784389Coordinates: 54°48′3.69″N 7°46′42.38″W / 54.801025°N 7.7784389°W / 54.801025; -7.7784389
Opened	1955
Owner	Sligo GAA
Surface	Grass
Capacity	20,000
Field dimensions	142 x 90 m

Markievicz Park (Irish: Páirc Markiewicz) is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 due mostly to Sean Forde who single-handedly gathered the funds necessary to build the stadium, it is named after Sligo-born Constance Markievicz, one of the participants of the 1916 Easter Rising and the first woman elected to Dáil Éireann and also the first female British MP.

See also

• List of GAA Stadiums by Capacity
• Stadiums of Ireland

References