Páirc Tailteann (Irish pronunciation: [ˌpˠaːɾʲc ˈt̪ˠal̠ʲtʲən̪ˠ]) is a GAA stadium in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. It is the home of the Meath Gaelic football and Hurling teams. The ground has had a capacity of between 30,000[3][4] and 33,000,[5] but following a safety audit in 2011 the GAA reduced the authorized capacity to 10,000. This was later upped to 17,000. The county board in 2012 announced plans to refurbish the grounds.[6] In 2013 Meath county board introduced a ticket system[7] The name "Tailteann" alludes to the Tailteann Games, an ancient Gaelic festival held in Teltown (Tailtin) between Navan and Kells.
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| Location | Navan, County Meath, C15 XD83, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 53°38′59″N 6°41′38″W / 53.64972°N 6.69389°W |
| Public transit | Mercy Convent bus stop, |
| Owner | Meath G.A.A. |
| Capacity | 11,000[2] |
| Field size | 135 x 87 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1935[1] |
Páirc Tailteann is the venue of the annual Meath GAA club championship finals, the winners of which receive the Keegan Cup (for football) and the Jubilee Cup (for hurling). It is the principal G.A.A. stadium in County Meath. Recent redevelopments of the stadium include the installation of an electronic scoreboard to replace the old, manual scoreboard (the manual scoreboard can still be used in the event of problems with the electronic one) and the erection of floodlights.
Planning permission given in the first part of 2018 would have led to a Páirc Tailteann with a 21,000-person capacity. In June 2022, this was paused, with the effects of events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, construction inflation, the housing shortage and the Russian invasion of Ukraine all contributing to increased costs.[8]
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edit- ^ "County Grounds – Pairc Tailteann – Navan". GAA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ "Work on Pairc Tailteann to start next May". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Team Profiles – Meath". Ulster Bank. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ "Stadiums in Ireland". World Stadiums. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ "Details for Pairc Tailteann, Navan". worldstadia.com. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ Meath Chronicle report on proposed new stand
- ^ "New Pairc Tailteann ticket scheme 'working well' – HoganStand".
- ^ "'We are not in a position to move the project any further' – Meath's Páirc Tailteann revamp on hold due to costs". 15 June 2022.