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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°WCoordinates: 54°48′3.69″N 7°46′42.38″W / 54.801025°N 7.7784389°W 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
Categories:- Gaelic games grounds in the Republic of Ireland
- Sligo GAA
- Buildings and structures in County Sligo
- Gaelic Athletic Association stubs
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