MacHale Park

MacHale Park
Páirc Mhic Éil
MacHale Park, November 2016
MacHale Park, November 2016
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LocationCastlebar, County Mayo, F23 AC90, Ireland
Coordinates53°51′14″N 9°17′4″W / 53.85389°N 9.28444°W / 53.85389; -9.28444
Public transitCastlebar railway station
Stephen Garvey Way bus stop (Bus Éireann routes 52, 440)
OwnerMayo GAA
Capacity
25,369 (since 2019)[1]
Field size137×82 m
Construction
Opened1931
Renovated1950–1952
2008
Construction costIR£1,700 (1930)

MacHale Park (/məˈkl/) is a GAA stadium in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the home of the Castlebar Mitchels GAA and Mayo GAA Gaelic football teams. Built in 1931, the ground currently has a capacity of 25,369 and is named after John MacHale, Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1831 to 1881.[2] It is the twelfth-biggest sports stadium in the Republic of Ireland by capacity and the second-biggest in the province of Connacht after Pearse Stadium in Galway.

  1. ^ "MacHale Park capacity reduced by 6,000 for Mayo's crunch Super 8s tie against Donegal". the42. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Re-surfacing of Hastings Insurance Machale Park". mayogaa.com. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.