Gortakeegan ( ) is an association football venue in the Republic of Ireland based in

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Lette ...

. It has been the home ground of former

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club

Monaghan United Monaghan United F.C. ( ga, Cumann Peile Mhuineacháin Aontaithe) is an Irish association football club based in Monaghan currently playing in the Ulster Senior League. The club joined the League of Ireland in 1983 and subsequently went on to pl ...

since 1988. The ground has an 528-seater covered stand and an overall capacity of 5,000. Floodlights were added in 1995 and a new stand was officially opened by

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in 1996. The fourteen acre Gortakeegan complex, which includes four floodlit astro turf pitches, is a designated FAI regional centre. In 2000, after Monaghan United secured a sponsorship deal with the building firm, Century Homes, the ground became known as Century Homes Park. In 2005 after Century Homes was acquired by the

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, the ground became known as Kingspan Century Park. When the sponsorship deal ended the ground reverted to its original name. During the 2005 season, while

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was being redeveloped,

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played many of their home games at Gortakeegan.

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{{League of Ireland venues Buildings and structures in Monaghan (town) Association football venues in the Republic of Ireland Sports venues in County Monaghan Monaghan United F.C.