Markievicz Park
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| Markievicz Park | |
|---|---|
| Páirc Markiewicz | |
| Location | Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°15′27.11″N 8°27′52.04″W / 54.2575306°N 8.4644556°WCoordinates: 54°15′27.11″N 8°27′52.04″W / 54.2575306°N 8.4644556°W |
| Opened | 1955 |
| Owner | Sligo GAA |
| Surface | Grass |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Field dimensions | 142 x 90 m |
Markievicz Park (Irish: Páirc Markiewicz) is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 due mostly to Sean Forde who single-handedly gathered the funds necessary to build the stadium, it is named after Sligo-born Constance Markievicz, one of the participants of the 1916 Easter Rising and the first woman elected to Dáil Éireann and also the first female British MP.
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