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With all the huffing and puffing by posters all over the Country about the need for Casement Park in Belfast to be the Ulster GAA Provincial stadium, despite the restrictions that imposes on what we badly need (Capacity limitations etc).
I now see Kerry GAA proceeding with two Stadium ventures, one with major government and GAA backing,
Austin Stack park in Tralee getting a €2 million upgrade, to bring its capacity to 14,500, privately funded by over 100 local business people.
Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney is now earmarked for €78 million upgrade, to transform it into a modern year round stadium for matches, concerts and events with initial funding of €6 million already secured.
The GAA's National infrastructure committee was meeting in Croke Park last year, and somehow a major redevelopment of Fitzgerald Stadium was on the agenda as a priority.
How did this ever become a priority for the GAA and Irish Government, when Kerry are currently lucky to fill Fitzgerald Stadium once every few years?
Munster is already overloaded with large stadiums, including Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork City which isn't that far from Killarney, which they GAA had to bail out not so long ago. The Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, Semple Stadium in Thurles, all huge capacity grounds. I think there need to be a major investigation into how this became a priority, and maybe the GAA needs to publish its priority list for stadium/ground development, Fitzgerald Stadium is already miles ahead of most stadiums/grounds in Ulster, Leinster, and even Connacht in terms of capacity etc.
GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3037 - 06/03/2026 13:23:36
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Replying To GaryMc82: "With all the huffing and puffing by posters all over the Country about the need for Casement Park in Belfast to be the Ulster GAA Provincial stadium, despite the restrictions that imposes on what we badly need (Capacity limitations etc).
I now see Kerry GAA proceeding with two Stadium ventures, one with major government and GAA backing,
Austin Stack park in Tralee getting a €2 million upgrade, to bring its capacity to 14,500, privately funded by over 100 local business people.
Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney is now earmarked for €78 million upgrade, to transform it into a modern year round stadium for matches, concerts and events with initial funding of €6 million already secured.
The GAA's National infrastructure committee was meeting in Croke Park last year, and somehow a major redevelopment of Fitzgerald Stadium was on the agenda as a priority.
How did this ever become a priority for the GAA and Irish Government, when Kerry are currently lucky to fill Fitzgerald Stadium once every few years?
Munster is already overloaded with large stadiums, including Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork City which isn't that far from Killarney, which they GAA had to bail out not so long ago. The Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, Semple Stadium in Thurles, all huge capacity grounds. I think there need to be a major investigation into how this became a priority, and maybe the GAA needs to publish its priority list for stadium/ground development, Fitzgerald Stadium is already miles ahead of most stadiums/grounds in Ulster, Leinster, and even Connacht in terms of capacity etc." "Cork isn't far from Killarney"
You need to get out more!!
Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 405 - 06/03/2026 16:02:36
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Worst stadium infrastructure in Europe? We have two rugby sides with decent support and no soccer team with more than 6,000-7,000 regular supporters. We have superb GAA facilities that more than cater for our needs.
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2586 - 06/03/2026 17:53:01
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