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<div>{{Short description|Sports venue in Galway, Ireland}}<br />
{{distinguish|Pearse Park (disambiguation){{!}}Pearse Park}}<br />
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox venue<br />
| name = Pearse Stadium<br />
| nickname = '''{{lang|ga|Páirc an Phiarsaigh}}'''<br />
| image = Pearse Park.jpg<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
|pushpin_map =Ireland County Galway<br />
| caption = Galway versus Kilkenny at Pearse Stadium in 2014<br />
| location = Dr Mannix Road, [[Salthill]], [[Galway City]], [[Galway]], H91 PX30, [[Ireland]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|53|15|48|N|9|5|3|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
| opened = 1957<br />
| renovated = 2002<br />
| owner = [[Gaelic Athletic Association]]<br />
| cost = [[Irish Pound|£34000]] <br />
| capacity = 26,197 {{Collapsible list|title=Capacity history|34,000 (2002–2011)<ref name="old capacity">{{cite news |title=Galway GAA awaits planning decision on Pearse Stadium floodlights |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/galway-gaa-awaits-planning-decision-on-pearse-stadium-floodlights-1.2043253 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref><br> 26,197 (2011–present)<ref name="old capacity" /> }}<br />
| website = {{URL|https://www.galwaygaa.ie/pearse-stadium-salthill|galwaygaa.ie/pearse-stadium-salthill}}<br />
| dimensions = 145 x 90 m<br />
|publictransit = [[Galway railway station]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Pearse Stadium''' ({{langx|ga|Páirc an Phiarsaigh}}) is the principal [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] stadium in [[Galway]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The [[Galway GAA]] [[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] teams use the stadium for their home games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.galwaygaa.ie/index.php/en/pearse-stadium|title=Galway GAA – Pearse Stadium |website=galwaygaa.ie|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> The stadium, amongst others in the province of [[Connacht]], is also used for games in the [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]<br />
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==History==<br />
===Early years===<br />
The stadium opened on 16 June 1957, as 16,000 people came to watch [[Galway GAA|Galway]] beat [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] in [[hurling]], and [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] in football, and to watch [[Michael Browne (bishop of Galway)|Bishop Michael Browne]] bless the facility. The stadium was opened by GAA President, [[Séamus McFerran]]. Among those invited were the 12 surviving members of the 1923 all-Ireland winning hurling team.<br />
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The site on which the stadium was built was known locally as The Boggers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pearsestadium.ie/venue-info.php |title=Pearse Stadium Venue Information |access-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324220752/http://www.pearsestadium.ie/venue-info.php |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The {{convert|17|acre|m2|adj=on}} site was offered to the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] by the town secretary Sean Gillan, and terms of purchase were negotiated. Much of the land was very wet and boggy. Work was being carried out to deepen the [[River Corrib]] at the time, so the infill from the river was used to fill in parts of the pitch and give it an elevated sideline.<br />
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Pearse Stadium hosted many hurling and football matches since, but it fell into disuse in the early 1990s.<br />
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===Re-opening===<br />
The stadium was renovated in 2002 and reopened in May 2003 with a capacity then set at 34,000. Since the major redevelopment of the ground, it has regularly hosted the [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]] final in recent years.<br />
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In 2006 the [[International rules football|International Series]] versus Australia was played in Pearse Stadium which was the first time it took place outside [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] Headquarters [[Croke Park]]. On 21 June 2008, Irish vocal pop band [[Westlife]] held a concert for [[Back Home Tour]] supporting their album [[Back Home (Westlife album)|Back Home]]. English singer [[Ed Sheeran]] also held two concert in Pearse Stadium on 12 and 13 May 2018 and an additional stand was made so the stadium could host a total 63,000 fans over the two nights.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}<br />
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==Parking and safety==<br />
The stadium occasionally receives negative publicity due to the lack of dedicated off-street parking. In response to repeated representations made by local residents as well as community groups campaigning on pedestrian rights and road safety issues,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pearsestadium.blogspot.com/|title=Pearse Stadium|website=Parsestadium.blogspot.com|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> the Garda Siochana handed out large numbers of parking tickets on at least two occasions in October 2010. Some GAA fans saw this as harsh,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Galway/MessagePage.aspx?PageNumber=0&TopicID=57379|title=HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling|website=Hoganstand.com|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> and one disgruntled supporter even described the Fixed Charge Penalties issued to illegally parked vehicles as a "blatant attack" on the GAA itself.<ref>Galway City Tribune, "Parking tickets 'an anti-GAA vendetta'", Letters to the Editor, 22 October.</ref> However, both the GAA County Board and the Garda Siochana were adamant that they had issued repeated warnings in advance and insisted that illegally parked vehicles were ticketed after these warnings were ignored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/parking-fines-spark-outrage-in-galway-135200.html|title=Parking fines spark outrage in Galway|date=2 November 2010|website=Irishexaminer.com|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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A nationwide health and safety survey of GAA grounds in 2011 resulted in the certified capacity of the stadium being reduced to 26,197.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pearsestadium.blogspot.co.uk/|title=Pearse Stadium|website=Pearsestadium.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=1 August 2018}}{{better source needed|reason=Blogspot? Surely this is [[WP:UGC]]?|date=August 2022}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums]]<br />
*[[List of stadiums in Ireland by capacity]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121201044711/http://www.pearsestadium.ie/ Pearse Stadium] (archived)<br />
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{{Gaelic games venues}}<br />
{{Galway GAA}}<br />
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Galway (city)]]<br />
[[Category:Gaelic games grounds in the Republic of Ireland]]<br />
[[Category:Galway GAA]]<br />
[[Category:Salthill]]<br />
[[Category:Sport in Galway (city)]]<br />
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