The Stadiums of Dublin!

We showcase the stadiums and arenas of Dublin, Ireland. Thanks for watching!

[@Ophelia771]

Croke Park is the third largest stadium in Europe. 82,300

[@martinbarrett6249]

Although dilapidated, Dalymount Park boasts the last remaining original piece of terrace designed by stadium architect Archibald Leitch who originally designed Anfield, Highbury and Celtic Park among many other historic football stadiums. 👍

[@just_some_guy_innit]

that hula hoops logo at the basketball arena might actually be the most perfect sponsorship deal of all time

[@cormacoconaire5772]

'They don't have a clover on their crest like the Shamrock Rovers do!' 🤣

[@brianmcglennon7139]

He was going well until he dropped this clanger

[@user-ue8vp6fy8y]

Nothing will ever beat a fill house at croke Park during a gaa game. There truly is nothing like it

[@commgen]

I tend to agree, but it was something special when Ireland beat England in the Six Nations in 2007 by 43 - 13, that was just amazing!

[@benrotko6411]

My favorite part about Richmond Park is that they have a crepe truck on-site during matches. It’s a great snack, since the beginning of the football season can get pretty chilly!

[@RobJaskula]

Croke Park is an absolutely class HQ, an NFL-quality stadium. Walking down Jones' Road to the Hogan Stand you can feel the history.

[@Runboyrun89]

No it isn’t. It is incredibly dated and does not have the quality to host international events of standing anymore.

[@RobJaskula]

@@Runboyrun89 it needs a new video board and a couple of updates like digital ad boards around the front of the stands, but otherwise it's very comparable to the likes of Carolina, Cleveland and Denver which all opened around the same time. Been to all of them including Croker within the last 5 years. Croke Park has narrow concourses in comparison but it's absolutely a better stadium than Washington's, another contemporary stadium with Croker.

[@Runboyrun89]

@@RobJaskula Washington is one of the worst stadiums in the NFL. Croke Park is not good for anything other than GAA games. It cannot handle crowds of 82k very well- both in terms of accessibility and F+D. The area around it is also pretty dreadful. The GAA needed to start investing it years ago as other large bodies have but won’t.

[@hotbeefymcd8162]

"NFL quality" - lad join us in the 21st century when you're ready

[@DidYaServe]

Richmond Park is the most charming ground in Dublin. It reminds me of Cork City's Turner's Cross in that it's situated within and around houses giving it a sense of inner city history.

[@janellek21]

Croke Park has hosted several University of Notre Dame American rugby matches over the years. Notre Dame usually plays one game in Dublin every 4 years.

[@SportsHub948]

It is every year the football team plays in the Aviva hosted by aer lingus

[@janellek21]

@@SportsHub948 You mean the American rugby team. American "football" is a boring, slowed down version of rugby league played in pads and metal helmets.

[@OscarOSullivan]

American football has taken the specialisation of Rugby union to new extremes and has the turnover system of Rugby league.

[@hoosay]

Notre Dame have played once in Croke Park and twice in Lansdowne Road(Aviva). Most recently last year. Only 2 of the 8 college games played in Dublin since 1988 have been at Croke Park.

[@konstantinpobedonotsev5589]

Love Tolka Park and its eccentric layout!

[@Manuel_1860]

Man Croke Park is one iconic stadium! Love this venue!!!

[@AllyStrikesBack]

When Lansdowne Road was demolished, The GAA voted to temporarily lift the ban on foreign games being played at Croke Park as the Lansdowne tenants had no place to play. Ireland played England in the 6 nations tournament that year in a moment that defined Irish sport.

[@heliumtrophy]

Which had the hilarious sight of one objector having a placard "No English sport on our grounds" covering his face while wearing a Glasgow Celtic tracksuit.

[@LarryLoudini]

@@heliumtrophy ”no foreign sports” I believe it read. Fantastic and still makes me laugh years on

[@heliumtrophy]

@@LarryLoudini that's the one, yes! At least he had the decency to cover his face! Still a good laugh after all these years!

[@robbiee814]

Slightly pedantic, but the ban on foreign games was permanently lifted it wasn't a temporary measure. Leinster played their European Cup semi final at Croke Park a couple of months ago and I believe are due to play a couple of games there next year while the RDS is being redeveloped.

[@MacToirdealbhaigh]

Rule 27 was lifted in 1971 but even by 1991 there where still a lot of clubs around the country that wouldn't have players who also played soccer or rugby. Even now there are clubs that deliberately organise matches and training to coincide with other foreign field games.

[@25pappy]

Very impressed by your knowledge of the history of Croke Park.

[@fr.mcgreer8349]

Errr.... ever heard of Wikipedia? 😂

[@benrotko6411]

Tallaght Stadium now seats 10,000! It’s a lovely stadium and also hosts the Irish Women’s Football team for their lower-profile matches.

[@dazzer273]

@@benrotko6411 more than 10,000, the Dublin derby attendance in Spring was around 10,100 and there was a huge section of seats empty covered between home and away fans at the East stand then 2 rows of empty seats in a perimeter around the pitch also covered in green netting.

[@MarkNolan-it3te]

Started with the best. Parnell Park under lights, love it!

[@ClamDickson]

Morton Stadium hosts one of the best track meets in the world, after the mega-stadium Diamond League meets, Morton is high on the list!

[@michaelmccarthy9411]

Shamrock rovers doesn't have a clover on its Crest. As the name suggests it has a shamrock!

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

A shamrock is a type of clover.

[@michaelmccarthy9411]

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums not the point!

[@Corc-Duibhne]

​@@TheWideWorldofStadiumsTBF it is specifically a shamrock that is meant to be a symbol of Ireland. The fact that Americans tend to use a four-leaf clover to represent Ireland instead is why the distinction is important.

[@MacToirdealbhaigh]

​@@TheWideWorldofStadiumsGlasgow Celtic have a clover. The three leaves on the shamrock represents the Trinity.

[@Neckoya]

​@@Corc-Duibhnesays who? Clover have always been used stop talking nonsense

[@edwardburek1717]

All hail Croke Park!! It has to be one of the great stadiums in the world, a fitting venue for hosting clearly bonkers indigenous sports at the highest level - and speaking of high, you can even have a walk on the roof if you're so inclined. The other venues are great in their own way, especially the National Basketball Arena. I'd say it would be on a par with many NCAA college arenas, with or without the Hula Hoops advertising boards.

[@guyfaux3978]

One thing about amphitheater-type venues, you can use them for boxing/wrestling/MMA, as the footprint of the "playing area" usually fits comfortably onto the stage.

[@Joseph13163]

Thank you for featuring my capital city

[@seanbonella]

im proud to be Irish.... i live 5 mins walk from Tallaght Stadium and 15 min drive from the Basketball arena....

[@stephenbrown4211]

Croke Park is a magnificent stadium. Went there for one of the five Garth Brooks concerts. Ha! Tay Tay only sold out three nights at Aviva

[@Runboyrun89]

Because that’s all she would put on. She’d have sold it out many times over.

[@jasonleman1396]

thanks to the tv show bobs burger I learned that hurling was a sport not just what happens after a night of drinking

[@Joseph13163]

at the weekend 82300 were at a game in croke park and Germany is hosting the Euros now but there biggest stadium only holds 80 000 not 82300,television of course is a different story but in terms of stadium attendance no other sports event in europe had that high attendence.

[@Astragoth2]

Ердийнх шигээ өөр нэг гайхалтай видео!

[@LarsCederberg-o8f]

AVIVA Stadium is a great stadium, and the grass is greener than anywhere else 😀

[@dazzer273]

@@LarsCederberg-o8f and it’s 30% plastic

[@dazzer273]

Tallaght Stadium has 10,500 seats, I was at a game in Spring and the attendance was around 10,100. The shamrock rovers have a “shamrock” on the crest but that was a good subtle joke 🤣 Tolka Park now holds 5,750 as of this season but in the past it was a 12,400 all seater stadium before it fell into disrepair. I loved the history on “Pairc an Crocaigh”, Croke Parks official name the third biggest stadium in Europe. A pity the National Boxing Arena did not make it into the video as it only holds 2,000 seats and the UCD bowel only holds 3,000 spectators. I’m not sure how much spectators the Sport Ireland National indoor arena holds but it is among the newest in Europe and pretty impressive.

[@Joseph13163]

The sport ireland arena holds 1900 just short of his criteria like the national boxing stadium.

[@UltanWalsh-qg6bt]

Cheers for doing an Irish city 👍

[@polarbearirish]

Just to add, Leinster Rugby team are moving to Aviva as RDS Arena is planned to be refurbished

[@Joseph13163]

I think they will be playing a few games in croke park

[@orangepenguin84]

I love these videos...which is why it is so jarring to hear "With that being said" at the start of so many of them. I know I am being pedantic, but "With that being said" doesn't mean "I've said that, let's move on", it means something like "on the other hand", to introduce a contrasting or contradictory thought. Sorry for the pedantry...I do love the videos, for the stadiums and the dry comedy!

[@Neckoya]

Not everyone is as smart as you

[@tdyerwestfield]

Damn those Dublin MMA fighters.

[@roberthillman5057]

You missed shelbourn park dog track where the Irish greyhound derby is run

[@dazzer273]

@@roberthillman5057 capacity is only 1,000

[@Joseph13163]

A few updates.Tallaght is now 10500 which is as big as it going to get as that was the target.RDS redevelopment has started and the cricket stadium won't exist much longer as they are plans to build a 15000 seater stadium at the national sports campus in abbottstown in west dublin,i don't know whether that has started yet .

[@robbiee814]

The stadium in Malahide is staying when the new stadium is built, just likely will only host smaller games so doubt we'll see it with a 10k+ capacity again

[@Joseph13163]

@@robbiee814 I doubt it as its made up of temporary stands that are expensive to erect and dismantle,which is why they are moving.Even a smaller capacity will incur a big cost if the stands are still temporary,unless they want to build a few small permenent stands about 5000 or so capacity which i am not sure they are allowed to do as its on castle grounds.

[@robbiee814]

@@Joseph13163 There’s grass banking around 2/3s of the ground which can be used without seating. They did it for the New Zealand games a couple of years ago with only one temporary stand. They don’t have enough international grounds at the moment, it’s why they’ve had to host home games in England and UAE. They’re not going to retire their best ground especially given the money invested into the playing surface a few years ago.

[@Joseph13163]

@@robbiee814 Yes but is that a stadium or just a ground

[@paulreid1480]

Tallaght stadium now has all 4 stands

[@ethioia4082]

Chicago?

[@anonymousjohn6491]

Stadiums of Greater Manchester pleaseee

[@jaydenkeenan5337]

You missed one Irish handball arena which is beside Croke park

[@Joseph13163]

Not actually sure of the capacity but i think its well below his cutoff point ,its a fine facility though.

[@OscarOSullivan]

Ireland in general as the IRFU, FAI, GAA dislike each other. Limerick has three stadiums. As for the Aviva I still call it Landsdowne road.

[@SMacCuUladh]

it is literally on Landsowne road after all.

[@brianbyrne3003]

G'wan the Lansdowne

[@coms3697]

Out of date, Shamrock Rovers F.C "Capacity 10,500".

[@user-jt7tg3sp7s]

Its not a clover, its a SHAMROCK

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

It's both.

[@user-jt7tg3sp7s]

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums no, they are 2 different plants. Shamrock only grows in Ireland. Clover grows everywhere.

[@jacob_swaggerz]

Richmond Park! Up the Pats!

[@Randomguy-v2t]

Yesssssssss

[@josephwalker1281]

You left out the only national boxing stadium in the world specifically built for boxing. Yeah it’s in Dublin. The National Amateur Boxing Stadium South Circular Road Dublin also over the years has been used for concerts too and could do with a refurb as it’s quite old now. This is where Katie Taylor and Barry McGuigan won their national titles.

[@Joseph13163]

His criteria was 2500 for indoor arena whereas the national stadium is 2000 capacity

[@JimmyJr630]

Ireland and Britian have made a lot of progress since bloody sunday and events like this should never happen again.

[@Joseph13163]

Morton stadium has been used for football when shamrock rovers were homeless and before tallaght stadium was built.

[@strawberrykicker2]

its been used for rugny league too afaik

[@fr.mcgreer8349]

You forgot the National Stadium. It was built to host boxing.

[@Joseph13163]

No he didn't the national stadium has a capacity of 2000 ,but his cut off for indoor arenas was 2500

[@fr.mcgreer8349]

@@Joseph13163 Ok, thanks for that. I didn't listen well enough.

[@adamlancaster4393]

Saved the best until last 🔴⚪️

[@calvinwade2751]

Hill 16 in croke park is built on the rubble of dublin from the 1916 rebellion against the brits...

[@phantom1c3man70]

No it isn’t: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_16

[@Joseph13163]

Thats a myth they carbon dated the rubble during one of the many revamps of the hill and found it to be from 2015.Its called hill 16 as a deliberate policy of the GAA ,because it was originally called hill 60 which was a hill in galipoli during WW1 which didn't sit well with the GAA at the time so they changed it to something more nationalist.

[@calvinwade2751]

@@Joseph13163 ya can't carbon date rocks 🤣🤣

[@windows9550]

"Jesus building" lol

[@Joseph13163]

Basketball has a good following in ireland but not really a major sport as such

[@SenanHedderman]

Main Sport Gaelic Football

[@EricOates15]

You Forgot The UCD Bowl

[@Joseph13163]

Below his cutoff point of 4500 for oudoor stadiums

[@Cart3811]

Aviva Stadium ♥️

[@Chadleyization]

stadia

[@roymontgomery3189]

I am very into world stadiums, but when you called a place of worship a ‘Jesus building’ I stopped the video. Also I have been in all of the places of worship for all the major world religions. Show respect to all religions.

[@_vikram]

It's about time to do the best stadium in every state video, this time for India!🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

I did start to make that video ages ago, but it was a bit too difficult. Maybe I'll give it another go.

[@FKdubs123]

I hate Bloody Sunday

[@Risingtide930]

Dalymount Park is an embarrassment, a national disgrace.

[@Joseph13163]

Parnell park is not great either after all the money poored into Dublin GAA.

[@niallduffy6907]

Jesus building?? How ignorant!! Switched off!!

[@brianconnell9602]

Well his father was a carpenter.

[@stephenoleary5627]

It’s a pity G.A.A exists. It hindered the growth of stadia in our country.

[@johnjoemcgonagle3377]

What a fool

[@stephenoleary5627]

@@johnjoemcgonagle3377 brainwashed

[@johnjoemcgonagle3377]

@@stephenoleary5627 your dumb, I pity you

[@Joseph13163]

Blaming the GAA for FAI incompetence they never took advantage of the charlton years

[@anthonym3351]

How? Without it there'd be no stadiums in Ireland