Páirc Tailteann

{{Short description|Gaelic football stadium in Navan, Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox venue

| name = {{lang|ga|Páirc Tailteann}}

| nickname =

| image = |

| location = Navan, County Meath, C15 XD83, Ireland

| coordinates = {{coord|53|38|59|N|6|41|38|W |region:IE_type:landmark |display=inline,title}}

| opened =1935{{cite web|url =http://meath.gaa.ie/grounds.htm|title =County Grounds – Pairc Tailteann – Navan|publisher =GAA|access-date =7 September 2011|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124920/http://meath.gaa.ie/grounds.htm|archive-date =21 July 2011}}

| renovated =

| owner = Meath G.A.A.

| cost =

| capacity = 11,000{{cite web |title=Work on Pairc Tailteann to start next May |url=https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2018/11/22/work-on-pairc-tailteann-to-start-next-may/ |website=Meath Chronicle |access-date=26 April 2021}}

| dimensions = 135 x 87 m

| surface = Grass

|publictransit = Mercy Convent bus stop,

}}

Páirc Tailteann ({{IPA|ga|ˌpˠaːɾʲc ˈt̪ˠal̠ʲtʲən̪ˠ}}) is a GAA stadium in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. It is the home of the Meath Gaelic football and Hurling teams. The ground has had a capacity of between 30,000{{cite web | url = http://gaa.ulsterbank.com/teamprofiles.html/meath | title = Team Profiles – Meath | publisher = Ulster Bank | access-date = 26 May 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090804175012/http://www.gaa.ulsterbank.com/teamprofiles.html/meath | archive-date = 4 August 2009 }}{{cite web| url = http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/ireland.shtml | title = Stadiums in Ireland | publisher = World Stadiums | access-date = 26 May 2010}} and 33,000,{{cite web | title = Details for Pairc Tailteann, Navan | url = http://www.worldstadia.com/stadium/ireland/pairc_tailteann/6200.php | access-date = 26 May 2010 | publisher = worldstadia.com}} but following a safety audit in 2011 the GAA reduced the authorized capacity to 10,000. This was later upped to 17,000. The county board in 2012 announced plans to refurbish the grounds.[http://www.meathchronicle.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2012/11/16/4013298-new-stand-at-paacuteirc-taacuteilteann-to-cost-5-million/ Meath Chronicle] report on proposed new stand In 2013 Meath county board introduced a ticket system{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Meath/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=187879|title = New Pairc Tailteann ticket scheme 'working well' – HoganStand}} The name "Tailteann" alludes to the Tailteann Games, an ancient Gaelic festival held in Teltown ({{lang|ga|Tailtin}}) between Navan and Kells.

Páirc Tailteann is the venue of the annual Meath GAA club championship finals, the winners of which receive the Keegan Cup (for football) and the Jubilee Cup (for hurling). It is the principal G.A.A. stadium in County Meath. Recent redevelopments of the stadium include the installation of an electronic scoreboard to replace the old, manual scoreboard (the manual scoreboard can still be used in the event of problems with the electronic one) and the erection of floodlights.

Planning permission given in the first part of 2018 would have led to a Páirc Tailteann with a 21,000-person capacity. In June 2022, this was paused, with the effects of events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, construction inflation, the housing shortage and the Russian invasion of Ukraine all contributing to increased costs.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/we-are-not-in-a-position-to-move-the-project-any-further-meaths-pairc-tailteann-revamp-on-hold-due-to-costs-41755625.html|title='We are not in a position to move the project any further' – Meath's Páirc Tailteann revamp on hold due to costs|date=15 June 2022}}