MacHale Park

MacHale Park
Páirc Mhic Éil
MacHale Park, November 2016
LocationCastlebar, County Mayo, F23 AC90, Ireland
Coordinates53°51′14″N 9°17′4″W / 53.85389°N 9.28444°W / 53.85389; -9.28444
Public transitCastlebar railway station
Stephen Garvey Way bus stop (Bus Éireann routes 52, 440)
OwnerMayo GAA
Capacity
28,000(since 2019)
Field size137×82 m
Construction
Opened1931
Renovated1950–1952
2008
Construction costIR£1,700 (1930)

MacHale Park (/məˈkl/) is a GAA stadium in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the home of the Castlebar Mitchels GAA and Mayo GAA Gaelic football teams. Built in 1931, the ground currently has a capacity of 28,000 and is named after John MacHale, Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1831 to 1881. It is the twelfth-biggest sports stadium in the Republic of Ireland by capacity and the second-biggest in the province of Connacht after Pearse Stadium in Galway.