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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 14:06:00

With room for 82,300 spectators, Croke Park is the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association and one of the largest stadiums in Europe. Sitting on Jones's Road on the north side of Dublin, it is the spiritual home of Gaelic football and hurling, and its name carries enormous cultural weight far beyond sport. The site began as the Jones's Road sports ground in the nineteenth century, hosting athletics and early Gaelic games. The GAA bought the ground outright in 1913 and renamed it in hono...