Semple Stadium
Thurles, Ireland
45,690
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Croke Park, 82,300
Semple Stadium in Thurles is the 2nd-largest of the 20 stadiums listed for Gaelic games on this site. It is also the 5th-oldest (opened 1910) of the 26 listed stadiums in Ireland.
The nearest listed stadium is Thomond Park, 55.1 km away.
- Listed for
- Gaelic games
- Position
- 52.68° N, 7.83° W
Where it stands in Ireland
- Croke Park36,610 more82,300
- Aviva Stadium6,021 more51,711
- Semple Stadium45,690
- Páirc Uí Chaoimh390 fewer45,300
- Gaelic Grounds1,667 fewer44,023
- Fitzgerald Stadium7,690 fewer38,000
- 20 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1910
- Share of listed capacity in Ireland
- 6.8%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2009, more recent than 9 of the other 16 listed stadiums in Ireland with such a year
- Compared with the median in Ireland
- 2.4 times the median capacity of 18,724 across its 26 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1910s in Ireland
- 1 of the 26 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Aviva Stadium, 129 km
Chronology
- 1910 Opened
- 1934 Renovated
- 1968 Renovated
- 1981 Renovated
- 2007 Renovated
- 2009 Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Thomond Park · west26,006 places, opened 193455.1 km
- Gaelic Grounds · west44,023 places, opened 192855.9 km
- Dr Cullen Park · east11,000 places, opened 193663.8 km
- Fraher Field · south15,000 places, opened 188566.5 km
- Glenisk O'Connor Park · north18,000 places, opened 193470.2 km
Source: Wikipedia, Semple Stadium.