Stadiums · Northern Ireland
Healy Park
Also known as: Páirc Uí Éilí
Healy Park — stadium in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
About
Healy Park is a stadium in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1972. Owned by Omagh St. Enda's GAC. Wikidata describes it as: "stadium in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland". Coordinates: 54.6139°, -7.2961°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Healy Park (known as O'Neills Healy Park for sponsorship reasons) is a GAA stadium in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and is named after a GAA clubman from Omagh, Michael Healy. Healy Park is the home ground of Omagh St. Enda's and the Tyrone county football team. The stadium is located on the Gortin Road, approximately a 10-minute walk from the town centre. It is one of the largest stadiums in Northern Ireland with a ticketed capacity of approximately 17,636.
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Background
History
In early 1962, Omagh St. Enda's club purchased 13 acre of land for £1,300 at Lisanelly located near the Gortin Road. By 1968, the club had raised enough money to start construction of the new stadium. Work began in the middle of 1968 with the clearance of 10 feet of soil and bog and its replacement with tens of thousands of tons of gravel, stones, and topsoil, coupled with an elaborate drainage system. The field was sown early in 1969 and fenced a few months later. Work began in September 2001 to build a new all-seated covered stand with a capacity of 5,000. The stand was opened in 2004. In April 2006, Healy Park became the first Gaelic football stadium in Ulster to have floodlighting…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6139, -7.2961
- District
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Postcode
- BT79 7HN
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Tyrone
- Established
- 1972
Sources
- wikidata: Q3783904 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Healy Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Healy Park, Omagh.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Healy Park?
- Healy Park is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT79 7HN).
- When was Healy Park built?
- Built or established in 1972.
- Who owns Healy Park?
- Healy Park is owned by Omagh St. Enda's GAC.
- How do I get to Healy Park?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT79 7HN. It sits within the West Tyrone parliamentary constituency.