Grounds worth the trip

Darragh Kinsella

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Civil engineer by day, so I can't help sizing up a terrace or a pitch drainage system wherever I go, but these are the spots that actually matter - where I've stood, roared, or just had a sneaky pint after a Crokes match. Dublin's spoiled for GAA grounds and this is the shortlist I keep coming back to, just saying like.

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Name	Why I rate it	Address	City
1Croke Park	The cathedral. Walk in under the Hogan Stand and even a hardened club man goes a bit quiet, like a full-forward lining up a free in injury time.	Jones Road, Dublin 3	Dublin
2Parnell Park	—	—	—
3Glenalbyn / Páirc de Burca	Home turf, where I've trained more Tuesday nights than I care to count. Bar upstairs does a grand pint after a win, or a long face after a league loss.	Glenalbyn House, Glenalbyn Road, Stillorgan	Dublin
4O'Toole Park	Tight pitch, tighter crowd, proper championship atmosphere on a county final night. No frills, just football, like a good low-maintenance bridge.	Fatima Mansions, Rutland Grove, Crumlin, Dublin 12	Dublin
5Páirc Uí Chaoimh view from away	—	—	—
6GAA Museum, Croke Park	Bring any blow-in down here and they'll walk out understanding the whole thing better than a season of explaining it to them myself.	Croke Park, Jones Road, Dublin 3	Dublin
7Thomond Park away day	—	—	—
8St Anne's Park pitches	Massive green lung on the northside, loads of club pitches scattered through it. Sunday morning underage matches here are the engine room of the whole GAA, just saying like.	Mount Prospect Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3	Dublin

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