Páirc Esler
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| Area: | Newry |
| County: | County Down |
| Country: | Northern Ireland |
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| Surface : | Grass |
| Owner: | Down GAA |
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| Capacity: | 15,000 |
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Páirc Esler formerly Páirc an Iúir (also called The Marshes) is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Newry, County Down, Ireland. It is the home of the Down Gaelic football and hurling teams and the Newry Shamrocks GAA club[1]. The ground has a capacity of about 15,000. In recent years there has been an effort to develop the ground in order to give Down the chance to host matches in the senior football championship. From 1999 to 2004 no senior intercounty championship matches were played at the venue. After the development of a new terrace at the Canal end of the ground and a new stand on the south side of the ground, Down hosted the All Ireland Champions, Tyrone, in round 2 of the football championship qualifiers. The following year both Fermanagh and Derry visited the ground in the qualifiers, Down losing to the latter. The ground was closed after the Down v Armagh game in Division 1B of the National Football League in March 2006 for further development[2].
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