List of cricket grounds in Ireland

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College Park, Dublin hosted Ireland women's first and to date only Women's Test match in 2000 Cricket ground Trinity College Dublin.JPG
College Park, Dublin hosted Ireland women's first and to date only Women's Test match in 2000

This is a list of cricket grounds in Ireland, inclusive of all-Ireland.

Contents

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.

Men's international venues

Domestic teams

Leinster Lightning

Munster Reds

Northern Knights

North West Warriors

Other venues

First-class venues

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
First-class List A
Beechgrove Derry only match:
27 July 1963
Ireland v Scotland 		 1––0 [2] [3]
College Park
Cricket ground Trinity College Dublin.JPG
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 		 14 July 2005
Uganda v United States 		7 July 2005
Uganda v United Arab Emirates 		2 [8] [9] [10]

List A venues

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesRefs
List A
Ballygomartin Road Belfast only match:
1 July 2005
Canada v Namibia 		 1 [11] [12]
Drummond Cricket Club Ground
Drummond Cricket Club - geograph.org.uk - 716628.jpg
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
Namibia 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
Cricket on the Mall, Armagh - geograph.org.uk - 589172.jpg
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 Cricket Club - geograph.org.uk - 1192428.jpg
Lisburn only match:
2 July 2005
Bermuda v United Arab Emirates 		 1 [29] [30]

Defunct venues

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
First-class List A
Cliftonville Cricket Club Greenisland ––0only match:
4 July 2005
Bermuda v Denmark 		 1 [31] [32]
Ormeau Cricket Ground Belfast 26 June 1926
Ireland v Wales 		21 August 1999
Ireland v Scotland 		925 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]

Women's international venues

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
Women's Test Women's ODI Women's T20I
Anglesea Road Cricket Ground Dublin ––027 July 1998
Ireland Women v Australia Women 		5 August 2016
Ireland Women v South Africa Women 		5only match:
27 July 2013
Ireland Women v Sri Lanka Women 		 1 [38] [39] [40]
Ballymagorry
Fox Lodge Cricket Club, Ballymagorry, May 2010 (02).JPG
Strabane ––0only match:
28 July 2002
Ireland Women v India Women 		 1––0 [41] [42]
Bready Cricket Club Ground Magheramason ––0––05 September 2016
Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women 		6 September 2016
Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women 		2 [43] [44]
Carlisle Cricket Club Ground Dublin ––0only match:
21 July 1996
Ireland Women v New Zealand Women 		 1––0 [45] [46]
Castle Avenue, Dublin Dublin ––016 August 1990
Ireland Women v England Women 		30 June 2018
Bangladesh Women v Pakistan Women 		528 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 ––0only match:
5 August 1997
Ireland Women v South Africa Women 		 1––0 [50] [51]
Claremont Road Cricket Ground Dublin ––031 July 2005
Ireland Women v Australia Women 		8 June 2018
Ireland Women v New Zealand Women 		716 July 2014
Ireland Women v Pakistan Women 		28 June 2018
Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women 		10 [52] [53] [54]
College Park
Cricket ground Trinity College Dublin.JPG
Dublin only match:
30 July 2000
Ireland Women v Pakistan Women 		 11 July 1987
Ireland Women v Australia Women 		22 July 2004
Ireland Women v New Zealand Women 		11––0 [4] [55] [56]
Kenure Rush ––023 July 2000
Ireland Women v Pakistan Women 		24 July 2002
Ireland Women v India Women 		3only match:
28 June 2008
Ireland Women v West Indies Women 		 1 [57] [58] [59]
Observatory Lane Dublin ––017 August 1990
Ireland Women v England Women 		17 July 2013
Ireland Women v Pakistan Women 		629 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 ––0only match:
28 June 1987
Ireland Women v Australia Women 		 1––0 [33] [63]
Park Avenue Dublin ––018 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 ––019 September 2016
Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women 		10 September 2016
Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women 		2––0 [66] [67]
Sydney Parade Dublin ––019 July 1995
Ireland Women v Netherlands Women 		27 July 2000
Ireland Women v Pakistan Women 		4only match:
1 July 2018
Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women 		 1 [68] [69] [70]
The Village
Malahide Cricket Ground 2013.jpg
Malahide ––03 July 2002
Ireland Women v New Zealand Women 		9 August 2016
Ireland Women v South Africa Women 		328 May 2009
Ireland Women v Pakistan Women 		29 June 2018
Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women 		2 [71] [72] [73]
The Vineyard Skerries ––030 July 2006
Ireland Women v India Women 		10 June 2018
Ireland Women v New Zealand Women 		4only match:
25 May 2009
Ireland Women v Pakistan Women 		 1 [74] [75] [76]

Notes

  1. ↑ Has hosted one neutral Women's T20I.
  2. ↑ Has hosted one neutral Women's ODI.
  3. ↑ Has hosted three neutral Women's ODIs.

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