Casement Park

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Area:	Belfast
County:	County Antrim
Country:	Northern Ireland
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Surface :	Grass
Owner:	Antrim GAA
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Casement Park (Irish: Páirc Mhic Asmaint) is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland, home to the Antrim football and hurling teams. Named after one of the participants of the 1916 Easter Rising, Sir Roger Casement, the ground has a capacity of 32,000.

Casement Park opened for the first time in June 1953, with Armagh Harps defeating St John’s of Antrim in the final of the inaugural Ulster Club Tournament. The newly opened Casement Park hosted the Ulster football final less than a month later, which saw Armagh overcome reigning All-Ireland champions Cavan.

In all, Casement Park has hosted eight Ulster football finals. However, the Antrim ground has not held the provincial show piece since 1971, with St. Tiernach's Park in Clones hosting the final until 2004 and it was moved to Croke Park the following year. A major facelift of the stadium took place in 2000, a move which saw more championship games played at Casement Park, and in 2006, special floodlights were added which now enable hurling and football to be played in the evening.

GAA Stadiums with capacity greater than 25,000
Breffni Park \| Casement Park \| Croke Park \| Cusack Park \| FitzGerald Stadium \| Gaelic Grounds \| Healy Park \| McHale Park \| Nowlan Park \| O'Moore Park \| Pearse Stadium \| Páirc Uí Chaoimh Semple Stadium \| St. Jarlath's Park \| St. Tiernach's Park \| Wexford Park