Connolly Park

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Connolly Park
Location Collooney, County Sligo Ireland
Public transit Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station
Owner Owenmore Gaels GAA

Connolly Park is a GAA stadium in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the home ground of the Owenmore Gaels GAA club.

The Sligo county football team have contested National Football League fixtures there when their home ground Markievicz Park has been unavailable. Sligo were relegated from the league here in 2019. [1]

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References

  1. Maloney, Liam (3 March 2019). "Westmeath win relegates Sligo". RTÉ Sport . Archived from the original on 4 March 2019.