This is a list of cricket grounds in Ireland, inclusive of all-Ireland.
Cricket was introduced to Ireland by the English in the towns of Kilkenny and Ballinasloe in the early 19th century.[1] The game increased in popularity until the early 1880s. The Land War in the 1880s resulting from the Irish Land Commission and a ban on playing "foreign" games by the Gaelic Athletic Association set back the spread of cricket.[1] Anyone playing foreign games such as cricket would be banned from the extremely popular Irish games such as hurling and Gaelic football, which in turn had a detrimental impact on the game.[1] The ban was not lifted until 1970, after which time cricket has continued to grow in popularity.
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
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First-class | List A | |||||||
Beechgrove | Derry | only match: 27 July 1963 Ireland v Scotland | 1 | – | – | 0 | [2][3] | |
College Park | Dublin | 20 May 1895 Dublin University v Marylebone Cricket Club | 12 August 1961 Ireland v Marylebone Cricket Club | 28 | – | – | 0 | [4][5] |
Lodge Road | Coleraine | 18 July 1987 Ireland v Scotland | 13 August 2012 Ireland v South Africa A | 2 | – | – | 0 | [6][7] |
Pollock Park | Lurgan | only match: 20 July 1999 Ireland v South Africa Academy | 1 | 4 July 2005 Uganda v United States | 7 July 2005 Uganda v United Arab Emirates | 2 | [8][9][10] |
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
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List A | |||||
Ballygomartin Road | Belfast | only match: 1 July 2005 Canada v Namibia | 1 | [11][12] | |
Drummond Cricket Club Ground![]() | near Limavady | only match: 5 July 2005 Oman v Papua New Guinea | 1 | [13][14] | |
John Hunter Grounds | Limavady | only match: 5 July 2005 Namibia v Scotland | 1 | [15][16] | |
Moylena Ground | Antrim | 1 July 2005 Denmark v Uganda | 4 July 2005 Canada v Oman | 2 | [17][18] |
Newforge | Belfast | only match: 2 July 2005 Nambia v Papua New Guinea | 1 | [19][20] | |
Osborne Park | Belfast | 1 July 2005 Netherlands v Papua New Guinea | 4 July 2005 Namibia v Netherlands | 2 | [21][22] |
The Inch | Dublin | 9 July 2005 Denmark v Netherlands | 11 July 2005 Oman v United States | 2 | [23][24] |
The Mall![]() | Armagh | only match: 20 July 1999 Denmark v United States | 1 | [25][26] | |
Upritchard Park | Bangor | 2 July 2005 Canada v Scotland | 29 June 2008 Ireland v Bangladesh A | 4 | [27][28] |
Wallace Park![]() | Lisburn | only match: 2 July 2005 Bermuda v United Arab Emirates | 1 | [29][30] |
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
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First-class | List A | |||||||
Cliftonville Cricket Club | Greenisland | – | – | 0 | only match: 4 July 2005 Bermuda v Demark | 1 | [31][32] | |
Ormeau Cricket Ground | Belfast | 26 June 1926 Ireland v Wales | 21 August 1999 Ireland v Scotland | 9 | 25 June 1996 Ireland v Sussex | 19 May 1999 Ireland v Essex Cricket Board | 2 | [33][34][35] |
Woodbrook Cricket Club Ground | Bray | 2 May 1907 Ireland v Yorkshire | 12 September 1912 CB Fry's XI v Australians | 5 | – | – | 0 | [36][37] |
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
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Women's Test | Women's ODI | Women's T20I | |||||||||
Anglesea Road Cricket Ground | Dublin | – | – | 0 | 27 July 1998 Ireland Women v Australia Women | 5 August 2016 Ireland Women v South Africa Women | 5 | only match: 27 July 2013 Ireland Women v Sri Lanka Women | 1 | [38][39][40] | |
Ballymagorry | Strabane | – | – | 0 | only match: 28 July 2002 Ireland Women v India Women | 1 | – | – | 0 | [41][42] | |
Bready Cricket Club Ground | Magheramason | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 5 September 2016 Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women | 6 September 2016 Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women | 2 | [43][44] |
Carlisle Cricket Club Ground | Dublin | – | – | 0 | only match: 21 July 1996 Ireland Women v New Zealand Women | 1 | – | – | 0 | [45][46] | |
Castle Avenue, Dublin | Dublin | – | – | 0 | 16 August 1990 Ireland Women v England Women | 30 June 2018 Bangladesh Women v Pakistan Women | 5 | 28 August 2012 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 29 August 2012 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 3 | [47][48][49][n 1] |
Civil Service Cricket Club Ground | Belfast | – | – | 0 | only match: 5 August 1997 Ireland Women v South Africa Women | 1 | – | – | 0 | [50][51] | |
Claremont Road Cricket Ground | Dublin | – | – | 0 | 31 July 2005 Ireland Women v Australia Women | 8 June 2018 Ireland Women v New Zealand Women | 7 | 16 July 2014 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 28 June 2018 Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women | 10 | [52][53][54] |
College Park | Dublin | only match: 30 July 2000 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 1 | 1 July 1987 Ireland Women v Australia Women | 22 July 2004 Ireland Women v New Zealand Women | 11 | – | – | 0 | [4][55][56] | |
Kenure | Rush | – | – | 0 | 23 July 2000 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 24 July 2002 Ireland Women v India Women | 3 | only match: 28 June 2008 Ireland Women v West Indies Women | 1 | [57][58][59] | |
Observatory Lane | Dublin | – | – | 0 | 17 August 1990 Ireland Women v England Women | 17 July 2013 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 6 | 29 May 2009 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 6 August 2009 Ireland Women v Netherlands Women | 2 | [60][61][62][n 2] |
Ormeau Cricket Ground † | Belfast | – | – | 0 | only match: 28 June 1987 Ireland Women v Australia Women | 1 | – | – | 0 | [33][63] | |
Park Avenue | Dublin | – | – | 0 | 18 July 1995 Ireland Women v Denmark Women | 12 August 2012 Bangladesh Women v Pakistan Women | 5 | – | – | 0 | [64][65][n 3] |
Shaw's Bridge Lower Ground | Belfast | – | – | 0 | 19 September 2016 Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women | 10 September 2016 Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women | 2 | – | – | 0 | [66][67] |
Sydney Parade | Dublin | – | – | 0 | 19 July 1995 Ireland Women v Netherlands Women | 27 July 2000 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 4 | only match: 1 July 2018 Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women | 1 | [68][69][70] | |
The Village![]() | Malahide | – | – | 0 | 3 July 2002 Ireland Women v New Zealand Women | 9 August 2016 Ireland Women v South Africa Women | 3 | 28 May 2009 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 29 June 2018 Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women | 2 | [71][72][73] |
The Vineyard | Skerries | – | – | 0 | 30 July 2006 Ireland Women v India Women | 10 June 2018 Ireland Women v New Zealand Women | 4 | only match: 25 May 2009 Ireland Women v Pakistan Women | 1 | [74][75][76] | |
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