St Colman's Park

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St Colman's Park
Páirc Naomh Cholmáin
St Colman's Park
Location Cobh, County Cork
Ireland
Coordinates 51°51′07″N08°18′05″W / 51.85194°N 8.30139°W / 51.85194; -8.30139 Coordinates: 51°51′07″N08°18′05″W / 51.85194°N 8.30139°W / 51.85194; -8.30139
Public transit Cobh railway station
Capacity c.4,000 [1]
Opened1968
Tenants
Cobh Ramblers

St Colman's Park is a football stadium in Cobh, County Cork. It is home to Cobh Ramblers F.C. of the League of Ireland First Division.

The stadium was redeveloped during the mid-2000s. Construction on a new changing facility and press office along with a new chairman's office was completed in 2006 along with new floodlights and a 900-seater stand replacing the old shed. The east stand, too was improved with 450 new seats being installed.[ citation needed ] A new surface was also added prior to the clubs admission to the Eircom/Airtricity League Premier Division in 2009.[ citation needed ]

The stadium has hosted international underage games including games in the 1994 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualifiers.

Munster Schools Senior Cup games have also been staged at the stadium including the final which was won by local Cobh school, Coláiste Muire in 2010.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Cobh Ramblers land massive Dundalk home tie in cup semi-final". echolive.ie. The Echo. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2019. We have a 4,000 capacity in St Colman’s Park — hopefully we could fill the place up