The park is named for Conleth (Conláed; c. AD 450–519), the parish's patron saint.
In May 2023, following a naming-rights agreement, the venue was branded as "Cedral St Conleth's Park", Formally known as Tegral, Cedral are part of the global building materials group Etex.
The ground formerly had a capacity of 13,000, but following a health and safety audit in 2011, this was reduced to 8,000[2] and subsequently to 6,200.[3]
Greyhound racingedit
Greyhound racing at St Conleth's Park started on 30 April 1948.[4] After only one year the GAA governing body banned racing around all of their pitches which meant the greyhound racing was suspended.[5] However it restarted on 21 June 1950 with racing taking place over race distances of 310, 350, 525 and 550 yards and 350 yards hurdles. The racing lasted a further eighteen years up until 1968, when it was decided that the greyhound operation would be better suited outside of the town at venue where racing could take place on a purpose built stadium. That stadium was Newbridge Greyhound Stadium which opened in 1972.[6]
conleth, park, irish, páirc, naoimh, conlaith, stadium, newbridge, county, kildare, ireland, county, ground, kildare, gaelic, football, hurling, teams, also, served, town, greyhound, racing, track, from, 1948, until, 1968, páirc, naoimh, conlaithlocationnewbri. St Conleth s Park Irish Pairc Naoimh Conlaith is a GAA stadium in Newbridge County Kildare Ireland It is the county ground of Kildare s Gaelic football and hurling teams It also served as the town s greyhound racing track from 1948 until 1968 St Conleth s ParkPairc Naoimh ConlaithLocationNewbridge County Kildare W12 X067 IrelandCoordinates53 10 45 88 N 6 47 39 77 W 53 1794111 N 6 7943806 W 53 1794111 6 7943806Public transitNewbridge railway stationOwnerKildare GAACapacity8 200 1 Field size137 80 m 150 87 yds Field shaperectangleSurfacegrassThe park is named for Conleth Conlaed c AD 450 519 the parish s patron saint In May 2023 following a naming rights agreement the venue was branded as Cedral St Conleth s Park Formally known as Tegral Cedral are part of the global building materials group Etex Contents 1 Ground 2 Greyhound racing 2 1 Track records 3 See also 4 ReferencesGround editThe ground formerly had a capacity of 13 000 but following a health and safety audit in 2011 this was reduced to 8 000 2 and subsequently to 6 200 3 Greyhound racing editGreyhound racing at St Conleth s Park started on 30 April 1948 4 After only one year the GAA governing body banned racing around all of their pitches which meant the greyhound racing was suspended 5 However it restarted on 21 June 1950 with racing taking place over race distances of 310 350 525 and 550 yards and 350 yards hurdles The racing lasted a further eighteen years up until 1968 when it was decided that the greyhound operation would be better suited outside of the town at venue where racing could take place on a purpose built stadium That stadium was Newbridge Greyhound Stadium which opened in 1972 6 Track records edit Yards Greyhound Time Date310 Feale Ranger 17 65 14 06 1961350 P For Poor 19 88 03 07 1953550 Claverstown Flower 31 89 05 10 1957350 H Chestnut Bridge 21 08 11 10 1950350 H Jigger Lee 21 08 20 11 1950See also editList of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums List of stadiums in Ireland by capacityReferences edit Newbridge Silverware All the pubs were full It reminded me of Italia 90 RTE Retrieved 28 April 2021 Lilies Chief Disgusted at Neutral Venue for Qualifier Irish Independent 17 July 2012 Leinster Counties Urged to Improve Grounds Irish Examiner 12 December 2012 Genders Roy 1975 The Greyhound and Racing Greyhound Page Brothers Norwich ISBN 0 85020 0474 Comyn John 50 Years of Greyhound Racing in Ireland Aherlow Publishers Ltd Genders Roy 1981 The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing Pelham Books Ltd ISBN 07207 1106 1 nbsp nbsp This article about an Irish sports venue is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Gaelic games grounds article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Conleth 27s Park amp oldid 1211947504, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
