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Staid a' Ghearaltaigh | |
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| Location | Killarney, County Kerry, V93 P892, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 52°3′59″N 9°30′29″W / 52.06639°N 9.50806°W |
| Public transit | Killarney railway station |
| Owner | Kerry GAA |
| Capacity | 38,000[1][2] Capacity history
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| Field size | 144 x 82 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1930 |
| Opened | 1936 |
| Renovated | 2008–2009 |
| Construction cost | £3,000 (original construction) €4.8 Million (2009 renovation) |
| Website | |
| fitzgeraldstadium.com | |
Fitzgerald Stadium (Irish: Staid a' Ghearaltaigh) is the principal GAA stadium in Killarney, Ireland, and is the home championship venue for the Kerry senior football team.
Named in honour of one of the first great players of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Dick Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Stadium was officially opened on 31 May 1936 by Dr O'Brien, the then Bishop of Kerry, and J. M. Harty, Archbishop of Cashel.
- ^ "Kerry « Munster GAA Web site". Munster.gaa.ie. 21 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ Cormican, Eoghan (9 July 2019). "Fitzgerald Stadium capacity reduced for Kerry v Mayo clash". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 May 2021.