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MacCumhaill Park
Páirc Sheáin Mhic Cumhaill
	MacCumhaill Park Location within Ireland
Full name	Seán MacCumhaill Park
Address	Ballybofey, County Donegal, F93 E97E
Location	Ireland
Coordinates	54°48′3.69″N 7°46′42.38″W / 54.8010250°N 7.7784389°W
Public transit	Main Street bus stop (McElhinney's)
Capacity	17,500
Field size	145 x 90 m

MacCumhaill Park (Irish: Páirc Sheáin Mhic Cumhaill) is a GAA stadium in Ballybofey, County Donegal, Ireland.

It is the home ground of the Seán MacCumhaills club and Donegal's Gaelic football and hurling teams.^{[citation needed]}

The ground is named after Seán MacCumhaill and had a capacity of 13,000, but that was reduced to 12,250 after a safety audit report was released in February 2012.^[2] Donegal GAA announced in November 2012 plans to restore the capacity to 18,000,^[3] Work got underway in February 2013.^[4] and the related works were completed by late March 2013.^[5]

References

^ "Gavin Devlin: Bigger venue should be considered for Donegal-Tyrone Ulster SFC clash". Irish News. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ "MacCumhaill Park capacity reduced". Hogan Stand. 24 February 2012.
^ "Ballybofey too small for big clash, says Harte". The Irish Times. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012.
^ "Donegal to start Ballybofey work in hope of staging Tyrone clash". BBC Sport. 5 February 2013.
^ O'Riordan, Ian (28 March 2013). "Ballybofey reprieve may have implications for other counties". The Irish Times.

MacCumhaill Park

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