Markets Field

Markets Field

Markets Field is a former greyhound racing stadium in Garryowen in the city of Limerick, Ireland. [1] The site was originally a Gaelic Games ground having been used as a venue for Munster championship games in both hurling and Gaelic football. Most of the All-Ireland semi-finals between Munster and Connacht teams also took place there in the early years of the 1900s. It was also the home of Garryowen, a rugby club founded in Limerick in 1884. Garryowen have since moved to new facilities in the Dooradoyle area of Limerick. Greyhound racing ceased on 17 July 2010 with the opening of a new greyhound stadium at Greenpark in the south of the city.[2]

The Markets Field is also the former and potentially future home of soccer side Limerick F.C. as well as a possible, future Rugby League side known as Limerick Flame. [3]

It was announced on the 2nd of March that the JP McManus foundation has purchased the Market's Field with the intention of allowing Limerick F.C. return there for the 2012 season.

References

  1. ^ "Limerick (Markets Field) information". Greyhound-data.com. http://www.greyhound-data.com/stadia.htm?st=12024. Retrieved 14 July 2009. 
  2. ^ "Traps open for the last time at Markets Field". Limerick Post. http://www.limerickpost.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2006:traps-open-for-the-last-time-at-markets-field&catid=37:local-news&Itemid=60. Retrieved 17 July 2010. 
  3. ^ Malone, Emmet (27 February 2009). "Limerick FC make Markets Field return a priority". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0227/1224241893111.html. Retrieved 14 July 2009. 

Coordinates: 52°39′37″N 8°36′52″W / 52.6603°N 8.6145°W / 52.6603; -8.6145


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