This is a list of cricket grounds in Ireland, inclusive of

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was introduced to

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by the English in the towns of

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

and

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in the early 19th century. Retrieved on 3 November 2008. The game increased in popularity until the early 1880s. The

Land War The Land War ( ga, Cogadh na Talún) was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland (then wholly part of the United Kingdom) that began in 1879. It may refer specifically to the first and most intense period of agitation between 1879 and 18 ...

in the 1880s resulting from the

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and a ban on playing "foreign" games by the

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

set back the spread of cricket. Anyone playing foreign games such as cricket would be banned from the extremely popular Irish games such as

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and

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

, which in turn had a detrimental impact on the game. The ban was not lifted until 1970, after which time cricket has continued to grow in popularity.

Men's international venues

*''For a full list of grounds that have staged men's international matches, see List of international men's cricket grounds in Ireland''

Domestic Teams

Leinster Lightning

*''For a full list of grounds that

Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is one of three provincial cricket teams in Ireland. Along with the North West Warriors and Northern Knights it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, Interprovincial One-Day Trophy and Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup. T ...

have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see

List of Leinster Lightning grounds Leinster Lightning was established in 2013, and accorded first-class status in 2017. Since then, they have played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket at a number of different home grounds. Their first home first-class match was against No ...

Munster Reds

*''For a full list of grounds that

Munster Reds Munster Reds is an Irish inter-provincial cricket team based in Cork, in the province of Munster. In April 2017, Cricket Ireland approved the participation of the team in the Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup, the highest level of T20 domestic cri ...

have used as home grounds in Twenty20 cricket, see List of Munster Reds grounds''

Northern Knights

*''For a full list of grounds that

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have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Northern Knights grounds''

North West Warriors

*''For a full list of grounds that

North West Warriors North West Warriors is one of four provincial cricket teams in Ireland. Along with the Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and Munster Reds, it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup & Inter-Provincial Trophy. The tea ...

have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see

List of North West Warriors grounds North West Warriors cricket team were established in 2013, and accorded first-class status in 2017, playing in the Irish Inter-Provincial Championship. Since then, they have played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket at a number of differen ...

Other venues

First-class venues

List A venues

Defunct venues

Women's international venues

Notes

References

External links

Cricket Ireland Official Website
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