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Markievicz Park (Irish: Páirc Marcievicz[1]) is the principal GAA stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo Gaelic football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 in Sligo town (due mostly to Seán Forde who single-handedly gathered the funds necessary to build the stadium), it is named after Constance Markievicz, one of the participants of the 1916 Easter Rising, the first woman elected to Dáil Éireann and the first female elected to the British parliament, although she refused to take up her seat there.

Markievicz Park

Páirc Markiewicz
Location	Cairns Road, Sligo, County Sligo, F91 NT02, Ireland
Coordinates	54°15′27.11″N 8°27′52.04″W
Public transit	Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station
Owner	Sligo GAA
Capacity	18,558 (2009–present)
Field size	142 x 90 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1955
Renovated	2009

A ten-year project to redevelop Markievicz Park completed work in 2009 and cost €2.4 million. This raised the safe capacity from 10,500 to 18,558 (3,585 seated under a covered stand, 14,936 standing terraced and 37 disabled spectator places).[2]

On 25 July 2003, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for their Unbreakable Tour, supporting their album Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums
• List of stadiums in Ireland by capacity
• Markievicz Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin

References

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Le Markievicz Park (en gaélique Páirc Markiewicz) est un stade de sports gaéliques situé dans la ville de Sligo, dans la province du Connacht en Irlande. Il porte le nom de Constance Markievicz, militante nationaliste et révolutionnaire irlandaise ayant pris part à l'insurrection de Pâques 1916.

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