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Carrick-on-Shannon Carrick-on-Shannon () is the county town of County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the largest town in the county of Leitrim. A smaller part of the town lies in County Roscommon. The population of the town was 4,062 in 2016. It is situated on a stra ...

County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the ...

, N41 RY88,

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, coordinates = {{coord, 53, 56, 53.01, N, 8, 4, 30.53, W, display=it, region:IE_type:landmark , opened = , renovated = 2007 , owner =

Leitrim GAA The Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Liatroma) or Leitrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Leitrim. ...

, cost = , capacity = 9,331 {{Collapsible list, title=Capacity history, 17,000 (1964)
15,000
9,331 (2011–present) , dimensions = 142 x 87 m , publictransit=

Carrick-on-Shannon railway station Carrick-on-Shannon railway station serves the town of Carrick-on-Shannon. Whilst the town itself is in County Leitrim, the railway station lies across the border in neighbouring County Roscommon in the small area of Cortober or Mullaghmore. Th ...

Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada ({{IPA-ga, ˌpˠaːɾʲc ˈʃaːn̪ʸ mˠək ˈdʲiəɾˠmˠəd̪ˠə, pron) is a GAA stadium in

. It is the home of

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

and

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

teams. It was named for the Irish revolutionary

Seán Mac Diarmada Seán Mac Diarmada (27 January 1883 – 12 May 1916), also known as Seán MacDermott, was an Irish republican political activist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, which he helped to organi ...

, one of the leaders of the 1916

Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...

. (As there was in the early 1960s some debate among Irish scholars as to whether the genitive case should be used in commemorative namings, the nominative form was used and has been retained, rather than what would now be generally regarded as the grammatically correct form, Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada.) The stadium, opened in 1964, had a capacity of 17,000, with 3,000 seats. Following a national review of health and safety at GAA stadiums, that was reduced in 2011 to 9,331. In 2006–07, a major renovation created a 3,000-seat covered stand providing an unrestricted view of the football field.''Leitrim Observer'' report on renovation
{{webarchive, url=https://archive.today/20130412222401/http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/local/new-era-for-p-225-irc-se-225-n-macdiarmada-1-2023437 , date=2013-04-12 Within the structure there were three levels: ''Under the stand: ground level'' - 4 dressing rooms (with treatment room, 12 to 15 person shower area and toilet facilities); referees' room; kitchen & dining area; public toilet facilities (wheelchair accessible); first aid area; plant room. ''Under the seated area: Middle Tier'': drugs testing area; large meeting room; press office; 3 x additional offices; display/museum room; kitchen. ''Upper stand'': radio commentary area; press area; indoor camera area. Costing approximately 3 million euro, the renovation was funded by grants, government funding, and a "Get on the Team" initiative, which raised funds from the local community. The stand naming rights were then sold, and it is now called Ardán Mhic Shamhráin (using the genitive form).

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