The following is a list of non- Gaelic games played at Croke Park (formerly ''Jones's Road''). The

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

formerly prohibited the playing of '' foreign sports'' at GAA-owned stadiums under

Rule 42 Rule 42 (now Rule 5.1 and Rule 44 in the 2008 guide) is a rule of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) which in practice prohibits the playing of non- Gaelic games in GAA stadiums. The rule is often mistakenly believed to prohibit '' foreign sp ...

of its rule book. While this wording remains as the current Rule 5.1(b), a footnote now reads: In practice the rule was only applied to the sports of soccer and rugby, which were perceived to be rivals to the playing of Gaelic games.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

was also banned, but Croke Park is too small for a cricket field. As such, several games of

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

have been played with rule 42 in force, as well as a boxing match and a baseball game. The rule was officially relaxed in 2005 for the duration of the reconstruction of

Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Stadium ( ga, Bóthar Lansdún, ) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily used for rugby union and association football matches. The stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for ...

, to allow for the playing of Republic of Ireland soccer and Irish rugby internationals. The Republic of Ireland soccer and Ireland rugby internationals moved into the new

Aviva Stadium Aviva Stadium (also known as Lansdowne Road) is a sports stadium located in Dublin, Ireland, with a capacity for 51,700 spectators (all seated). It is built on the site of the former Lansdowne Road Stadium, which was demolished in 2007, and ...

on the former Lansdowne Road site upon its opening in May 2010; the last international in either sport at Croke Park was the rugby team's 2010 Six Nations home fixture with

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

on 20 March. On 17 June 2010 the Australia national cricket team had a training session in Croke Park ahead of their One Day International against

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 ...

.RTÉ report of Australian cricket visit
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American football

Association football (soccer)

''Updated 2 June 2021''

Baseball

Boxing

Olympics

Rugby union

''Updated 26 May 2021''

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