Shelbourne Park

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Shelbourne Park is a greyhound racing stadium in the south Dublin inner city suburb of Ringsend.

The stadium also played host to the home matches of Shelbourne FC, who play in the League of Ireland, from 1913/14 up until 1948/49. The first match was a 1-1 draw against Bohemians and their last match there was a 2-2 draw against Waterford. Shels left Shelbourne Park with the intention of building a new stadium in the nearby district of Irishtown.

While Shelbourne Park was the home of Shelbourne FC, they won one Irish Cup while competing in the Irish League and upon becoming founder members of the League of Ireland in 1921, won five league titles and one FAI Cup before moving on.

[edit] Trivia

  • Shelbourne Park held two FAI Cup Final replays, in 1927 and 1929.

[edit] Limerick

Shelbourne Park is the name of a public park off Shelbourne Road in the north west suburbs of Limerick City. The park has two playing pitches; one each for rugby and soccer. It was refurbished in late 2007 and it is expected to re-open in early 2009 pending satisfactory grass growth.

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