Dalymount Park
The patch of Dublin that was once a vegetable plot called Pisser Dignam's Field became the home of Irish football — and a small, time-worn stadium still stands there.
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In Phibsborough on the Northside, this 4,443-capacity ground opened on 7 September 1901 with Bohemians beating Shelbourne 4–2 in front of 3,000 people. It hosted Ireland's first international on this turf in 1904 and later ran UEFA Champions League qualifiers and FAI Cup finals. The ground went largely undeveloped from the 1940s onward, so it retains the bones of a much older era while Bohemians still play here today.
What to look for
- The Connaught Street side entrance, which dates to the earliest years of the ground when it divided 'reserved' from 'unreserved' spectators
- The compact terracing that reflects decades of minimal development between the 1940s and 2000s
- Signage or references to 'the Dalyer', the affectionate fan name that marks the ground's place in local football identity
The ground is active on Bohemian F.C. home matchdays — check the League of Ireland fixture list before making the trip to Phibsborough.
Dalymount Park is one of 35 sights worth the detour in Dublin, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Dublin pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Dublin
- Aviva StadiumOne 51,711-seat bowl jointly owned by rugby and football — two governing bodies, one ground, no separate home for either.
- Dublin CastleThe river that gave Dublin its name still flows beneath your feet — and the building above it ran Ireland for 750 years.
- Croke ParkThe fourth-largest stadium in Europe holds 82,300 people — almost entirely for sports most of the world has never watched.
- National Library of IrelandIreland's paper memory — manuscripts, photographs, and newspapers free to open on the spot.
- St Patrick's CathedralIreland's national cathedral has never had a bishop — that role belongs to the rival church 400 metres up the road.
- Spire of DublinA 120-metre stainless-steel pin planted on the exact spot where an IRA bomb in 1966 — and a controlled demolition six days later — erased Nelson's Pillar.