![]() Musgrave Park stands prior to renovation, September 2013 | |
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Former names | Irish Independent Park (sponsorship; 2015-2020) |
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Location | Cork |
Coordinates | 51°52′51″N 8°28′18″W / 51.8808°N 8.4718°W |
Public transit | Cork railway station Pearse Road / O'Growney Crescent bus stop |
Owner | Irish Rugby Football Union |
Capacity | 8,008[2][3][4] |
Surface | Artificial turf [1] |
Opened | Original: 1940 After redevelopment: 2015 |
Tenants | |
Dolphin RFC Sundays Well RFC Munster Rugby |
Musgrave Park, known as Virgin Media Park for sponsorship reasons,[5] is a rugby football stadium in the city of Cork, Ireland. The ground is situated on Pearse Road in Ballyphehane. The ground is named after Jimmy Musgrave, a past-president of the Irish Rugby Football Union.[6] Owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), it is primarily used by Dolphin RFC, Sundays Well RFC, and Munster Rugby.
In keeping with safety regulations for the new development, the full capacity of the stadium (10000) will be introduced on a phase by phase basis with 8,200 the maximum capacity permitted for tonight's game
You'd have been forgiven in Cork tonight for thinking that this was the only game of importance this weekend as a capacity crowd [...] of 8,008 responded to [..Munster..] urging them on
With a full house of 8,000 at Irish Independent Park
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