Pearse Stadium Páirc an Phiarsaigh
Facility Statistics
Location	Dr. Manix Road, Salthill Galway, Ireland
Opened	1957
Renovated	2003
Surface	Grass
Owner	Gaelic Athletic Association
Original Construction Cost	IR£ 34,000
Reconstruction Cost	€ 150,000
Tenants
Gaelic Athletic Association	Hurling Gaelic Football Camogie
Seating Capacity
Gaelic Games	34,000
Dimensions
145 m x 90 m

Pearse Stadium (Irish: Páirc an Phiarsaigh) is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Galway, Ireland. The stadium opened on June 16th, 1957 as 16,000 people came to watch Galway beat Tipperary in hurling, and Kerry in football, and to watch Bishop Michael Browne bless the facility. Image File history File links Pearse Stadium, Galway Original watervolour by DEREK BIDDULPH File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Galway (official Irish name: Gaillimh) is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ... The harp has long been associated with the Irish pound, here on a 1990 Irish pound coin. ... The euro (symbol: €; banking code: EUR) is the single currency of the following twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; collectively also known as the eurozone. ... The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ... For the Cornish sport of hurling, see Hurling the Silver Ball. ... Gaelic Football action Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland where it is the most popular sport. ... Camogie (in Irish, Camógaíocht) is a Celtic team sport, the female variant of hurling. ... Gaelic games are the native sports of Ireland: principally Hurling, Gaelic Football and Camogie. ... The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ... Galway (official Irish name: Gaillimh) is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Galway (official Irish name: Gaillimh) is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. ... Tipperary (Irish: Tiobraid Árann) is a town in the south-west of County Tipperary, Ireland. ... For the Cornish sport of hurling, see Hurling the Silver Ball. ... Kerry- Is a beautiful thing which lives in a house in barry. ...

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.

The area on which the £34,0000 stadium was built was known locally as The Boggers. The 17-acre site was offered to the GAA by the town secretary Sean Gillan, and terms of purchase were negotiated. Much of the land was very wet and boggy. They were deepening the 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. GAA redirects here. ... A map of Lough Corrib taken from the Admiralty Chart made in 1846 Lough Corrib (Loch Coirib in Irish) is a lake in the west of Ireland. ...

Pearse Stadium has hosted many great games and spectacles since, but it fell into disuse in the early nineties. The Stadium was renovated in 2002 and reopened in May 2003. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pearse Stadium, Galway