Páirc Uí Chaoimh
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Uí Chaoimh is situated in Ballintemple parish and is the main G.A.A.
stadium in Cork. It holds major hurling and football matches and
has a capacity of 43,500 with one covered stand,
an open-air stand and two terraces behind each goalpost. It was officially
opened on June 6, 1997 by Con Murphy, then
president of the G.A.A. It was the first stadium to be custom-built for
the GAA, on the site of the former Athletic Grounds in Ballintemple. It is named after Padraig Ó Chaoimh.Padraig Ó Chaoimh was a great servant/administrator of the GAA in Cork.The main stand is named after Sean MacCarthaigh, Cork's second president of the GAA. At the moment, the Cork County GAA board are hoping to buy the immediate area beside the stadium which belongs to the Munster Agricultural Society. When purchase is complete, the Cork County Board hope to begin restorations to the stadium to bring capacity to around 55,000. A second tier is to be added to the existing covered stand, while the rest of the stadium (both open terraces and the open stand) will also be roofed. The addition of floodlighting as in the case of Páirc Uí Rinn is also likely. Concerts have also been held in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, most notably U2 and Michael Jackson. The stadium is 3km from our school. Every year we go to Páirc Uí Chaoimh to take part in the Primary School Sports Day. |