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Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Bishopstown, west of Cork, County Cork, Ireland. [1]Racing takes place every Friday and Saturday evening and the facilities include the grandstand Laurels restaurant, fast food facilities, a number of bars, totalisator betting and ample seating.
The first greyhound track in Cork was known as The Show Grounds Greyhound Track and ran from 1928 to 1935 but closed on 20 September 1935, following the decision to relocate to a site nearer the city centre.
In 2012 Greyhound Racing Ireland announced plans to spend over €100,000 to deliver improvements at the track. The improvements were completed in April 2014 and Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine opened the newly built facility. The refurbishment including a new judges box, and cost €134,000 in ...
The Laurels is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium located in Bishopstown, west of Cork, County Cork, Ireland. [1]It was hosted by the old Cork Greyhound Stadium from 1944 to 1999 [2] but inevitably continued to be held at the new track after it opened.
Greyhound racing is a popular sport in Ireland.There are 17 stadiums operating in Ireland (two in Northern Ireland) of which nine are fully operated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann / Greyhound Racing Ireland (formerly named Irish Greyhound Board IGB, Bord na gCon) [1] with the remaining six owned and operated by private enterprise but licensed by GRI.
2025 is the centenary year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland. [1] [2] [3] ... Track Pts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th ... Cork: €30,000: 21 Nov:
This track was the first provincial greyhound racing venue to be built in Ireland and the third behind Celtic Park and Shelbourne Park. [2]The track was constructed by the Southern Greyhound and Sports Company Limited, in part of the 27 acres known as Lower Park, which was owned by the Cork Agricultural Buildings Co Ltd. Lower Park was used by the County Cork Agricultural Society and ran from ...
Cork Greyhound Stadium; Cork Racecourse; Curraheen Park; G. ... Show Grounds Greyhound Track This page was last edited on 16 May 2018, at 09:14 (UTC). Text ...