Athletic Grounds

Athletic Grounds

Infobox GAA ground
Area=
County= Armagh
county=Armagh
Country=Northern Ireland
Name= Athletic Grounds
capacity=18,000
The Athletic Grounds is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is the county ground and administrative headquarters of Armagh GAA [cite web | title=Armagh | work=Ulster Council GAA | url=http://ulster.gaa.ie/county/armagh/ | accessdate=2008-07-13] and is used for both gaelic football and hurling.

Features

The ground has a capacity of 18,000. The Stadium was used by Pearse Óg GAA Club in Armagh, when they had no ground of their own.

History

In 2002, it was announced that the Athletic Grounds would receive £8 million from the Ulster Council of the GAA, to increase its capacity from 5,500 to 25,000. [cite web | title=Ulster GAA unveil £100m four-year plan to upgrade grounds | work=4NI NI News (30 January 2002) | url=http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=10792 | accessdate=2008-07-13]

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