Editing Dublin (section)

===Sport===

====GAA====
[[File:Croke Park from the Hill - 2004 All-Ireland Football Championship Final.jpg|thumb|[[Croke Park]]]]
[[Croke Park]] is the largest sport stadium in Ireland. The headquarters of the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]], it has a capacity of 82,300. It is the third-largest stadium in Europe after [[Nou Camp]] in Barcelona and [[Wembley Stadium]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crokepark.ie/stadium|title=Croke Park Stadium|publisher=Crokepark.ie|access-date=13 October 2016|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107023043/https://crokepark.ie/stadium|url-status=live}}</ref> It hosts the premier [[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] games, [[international rules football]] and irregularly other sporting and non-sporting events including concerts. Muhammad Ali fought there in 1972 and it played host to the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 [[Special Olympics]]. It also has conference and banqueting facilities. There is a GAA Museum there and tours of the stadium are offered, including a rooftop walk of the stadium. During the redevelopment of [[Lansdowne Road]], Croke Park played host to the [[Ireland national rugby union team|Irish Rugby Union Team]] and [[Republic of Ireland national football team]] as well as hosting the [[Heineken Cup]] rugby [[2008–09 Heineken Cup#Semi-finals|2008–09 semi-final]] between Munster and Leinster, which set a world record attendance for a club rugby match.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/world-record-crowd-watches-harlequins-sink-saracens-20120331-1w60r|title=World record crowd watches Harlequins sink Saracens|access-date=27 April 2012|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 April 2012|archive-date=3 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903221013/http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/world-record-crowd-watches-harlequins-sink-saracens-20120331-1w60r|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Dublin GAA]] team plays most of their home league hurling games at [[Parnell Park]].

====Rugby Union====
[[File:Dublin aviva stadium.jpg|thumb|[[Aviva Stadium]]]]
[[Lansdowne Road|IRFU Stadium Lansdowne Road]] was laid out in 1874. This was the venue for home games of both the Irish Rugby Union Team and the Republic of Ireland national football team. A joint venture between the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]], the [[Football Association of Ireland|FAI]] and the Government, saw it redeveloped into a new state-of-the-art 50,000 seat [[Aviva Stadium]], which opened in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taoiseach Officially Opens Aviva Stadium |publisher=IrishRugby.ie |date=14 May 2010 |url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/19384.php |access-date=29 August 2015 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107003114/http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/19384.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Lansdowne Road/Aviva Stadium hosted the [[European Rugby Champions Cup|Heineken Cup final]] in 1999, 2003, 2013, and 2023. [[Rugby union]] team [[Leinster Rugby]] play their competitive home games in the [[RDS Arena]] and the [[Aviva Stadium]], while [[Donnybrook Stadium]] hosts their friendlies and A games, Ireland A and Women, Leinster Schools and Youths and the home club games of [[AIB League|All Ireland League]] clubs [[Old Wesley]] and [[Bective Rangers]]. [[County Dublin]] is home for 13 of the senior rugby union clubs in Ireland including 5 of the 10 sides in the top division 1A.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/ulsterbankleague/tables.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804012925/http://www.irishrugby.ie/ulsterbankleague/tables.php|url-status=dead|title=Irish Rugby : Club & Community : Ulster Bank League : Ulster Bank League Tables|archive-date=4 August 2013}}</ref>

====Association football====
Dublin is home to five [[League of Ireland]] association football clubs: [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemian]], [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]], [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]], [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] and [[University College Dublin A.F.C.|University College Dublin]]. The first Irish side to reach the group stages of a European competition ([[2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage]]) are [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]], who play at [[Tallaght Stadium]] in [[South Dublin]]. [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemian F.C]] play at [[Dalymount Park]], the oldest football stadium in the country, and home ground for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland football team]] from 1904 to the 1970s. [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] play at [[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richmond Park]]; [[University College Dublin A.F.C.|University College Dublin]] at the [[UCD Bowl]] in [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]]; and [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] at [[Tolka Park]]. Tolka Park, Dalymount Park, UCD Bowl and Tallaght Stadium, along with the [[Carlisle Grounds]] in [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], hosted all Group 3 games in the intermediary round of the [[2011 UEFA Regions' Cup]]. The [[Aviva Stadium]] hosted the [[2011 UEFA Europa League final]] and the [[2024 UEFA Europa League final]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/0522/1450508-europa-league/ | website = rte.ie | title = Thousands of football fans flock to Dublin for Europa League final | date = 22 May 2024 | accessdate = 9 July 2024 }}</ref>

====Cricket====
Dublin has two [[List of One Day International cricket grounds|ODI cricket grounds]] in [[Castle Avenue, Dublin|Castle Avenue]] (Clontarf Cricket Club) and [[Malahide Cricket Club Ground]]. [[College Park, Dublin|College Park]] has Test status and played host to Ireland's first Test cricket match, a women's match against Pakistan in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/70/70315.html|title=Ireland Women v Pakistan Women, 2000, Only Test|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=5 September 2013|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116203642/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/70/70315.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The men's Irish cricket team also played their first [[Test cricket|Test match]] against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] at Malahide Cricket Club Ground during 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/pakistan-confirmed-as-irelands-first-test-opponents | title = Pakistan Confirmed as Ireland's First Test Opponents | website = cricketireland.ie | access-date = 28 August 2018 | archive-date = 12 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202815/http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/pakistan-confirmed-as-irelands-first-test-opponents | url-status = live }}</ref> [[Leinster Lightning]] play their home [[Cricket in Ireland#Inter-Provincial Series|inter-provincial]] matches in Dublin at College Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2018/articles/000005/000592.shtml |title=College Park to become Lightning home ground |publisher=CricketEurope |access-date=15 April 2019 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717184026/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2018/articles/000005/000592.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Other====
The [[Dublin Marathon]] has been run since 1980 at the end of October. The [[Dublin Women's Mini Marathon|Women's Mini Marathon]] has been run since 1983 on the first Monday in June, which is also a bank holiday in Ireland. It is said to be the largest all female event of its kind in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vhiwomensminimarathon.ie/race-information/about-us.300.html |title=History |publisher=VHI Women's Mini Marathon |year=2015 |access-date=29 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015220106/http://www.vhiwomensminimarathon.ie/race-information/about-us.300.html |archive-date=15 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Great Ireland Run]] takes place in Dublin's Phoenix Park in mid-April.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.greatirelandrun.org/Events/2010/RaceHistory.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110726131314/http://www.greatirelandrun.org/Events/2010/RaceHistory.aspx | archive-date = 26 July 2011 | title = Race History | publisher = Great Ireland Run}}</ref>

Two Dublin baseball clubs compete in the [[Irish Baseball League]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCormack |first=Sean |date=10 June 2021 |title=Ireland's baseball league finally returns after lockdown curveball |url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/other-sport/baseball-ireland-league-finally-returns-20784304 |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=Dublin Live |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609125956/https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/other-sport/baseball-ireland-league-finally-returns-20784304 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Dublin Spartans and the Dublin Bay Hurricanes are both based at The O'Malley Fields at [[Corkagh Park]]. The Portmarnock Red Rox, from outside the city, competes in the Baseball Ireland B League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Rox Welcome Titans to Portmarnock for Opening of Newest Diamond – Baseball Ireland |url=https://baseballireland.ie/red-rox-welcome-titans-to-portmarnock-for-opening-of-newest-diamond/ |access-date=9 June 2023 |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609125948/https://baseballireland.ie/red-rox-welcome-titans-to-portmarnock-for-opening-of-newest-diamond/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Dublin area hosts [[greyhound racing]] at [[Shelbourne Park]] and [[horse racing]] at [[Leopardstown Racecourse|Leopardstown]]. The Dublin Horse Show takes place at the [[Royal Dublin Society|RDS]], which hosted the [[Show Jumping World Championships]] in 1982. The national boxing arena is located in [[National Stadium (Ireland)|The National Stadium]] on the [[South Circular Road (Dublin)|South Circular Road]]. The [[National Basketball Arena]] is located in Tallaght, is the home of the [[Ireland national basketball team|Irish basketball team]], the venue for the basketball league finals, and has also hosted boxing and wrestling events. [[The National Aquatic Centre]] in [[Blanchardstown]] is Ireland's largest indoor water leisure facility. There are also [[Gaelic Handball]], hockey and athletics stadia, most notably Morton Stadium in [[Santry]], which held the athletics events of the [[2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games|2003 Special Olympics]].