Upgrade puts new pride into Markets Field

Providing a home for popular if somewhat discordant sporting occasions, from soccer to cycling, rugby to hurling, Gaelic football to greyhound racing.

That’s Limerick’s Markets Field, an historic but crumbling venue that was rescued from near obscurity in 2015 and has been restored as an outstanding stadium boasting one of the finest playing surfaces in the country along with outstanding off-field facilities.

“The ground was purchased for €1.6m in late 2010 thanks to the JP McManus Charitable Trust with the idea of developing it into a municipal stadium,” stadium manager George Lee explained yesterday.