Irish Racecourses
Irish Racecourses
There are 27 racecourses in al of Ireland more per head of population that any other country in the world. Needless to say racing has a huge following in Ireland, wherever you are in the country you are never far from a racecourse; between them they welcome 1.4 million race-goers through their gates every year
The Irish Courses
The details of the 27 courses are below:
| Racecourse | Grade | Racing | Location | Meetings & Festivals |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | Flat & NH | Co Meath | Seven Meetings per year |
| Bellewstown | 2 | Flay & NH | Co Meath | Five meets per annum |
| Clonmel | 2 | Flay & NH | Co Tipperary | Seven meetings per annum |
| Cork | 1 | Flat & NH | Co Cork | Seven meetings per annum |
| The Curragh | Premier | Flat | Co Kildare | Home of Irish Racing |
| Down Royal | 1 | Flat & NH | Co Down | Nine meetings per annum |
| Downpatrick | 2 | Flat & NH | Co Down | Ten meetings per annum |
| Dundalk | 1 | AW Flat | Co Louth | 24 meetings per annum |
| Fairyhouse | Premier | Flat & NH | Co Meath | 17 meetings per annum |
| Galway | Premier | Flat & NH | Galway | Three Major Festivals per annum |
| Gowran Park | 1 | Flat & NH | Kilkenny | Eight meetings per annum |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | NH | Westmeath | Ten meetings per annum |
| Killarney | 2 | Flat & NH | Kerry | Three Festivals per annum |
| Laytown | 2 | Flat | Louth | One meeting per annum |
| Leopardstown | Premier | Flat & NH | Dublin | 24 Meetings per annum |
| Limerick | 1 | Flat & NH | Limerick | Seventeen meetings per annum |
| Listowel | 1 | Flat & NH | Kerry | Three meetings per annum |
| Naas | 1 | Flat & NH | Kildare | Fifteen meetings per annum |
| Navan | 1 | Flat & NH | Meath | Nine meetings per annum |
| Punchestown | Premier | Flat & NH | Kildare | Sixteen meetings per annum |
| Roscommon | 2 | Flat & NH | Roscommon | Nine meetings per annum |
| Sligo | 2 | Flat & NH | Sligo | Seven meetings per annum |
| Thurles | 2 | Flat & NH | Tipperary | Eleven meetings per annum |
| Tipperary | 2 | Flat & NH | Tipperary | Twelve meetings per annum |
| Tralee | 2 | Flat & NH | Tralee | One Festival per annum |
| Tramore | 2 | Flat & NH | Waterford | Five meetings per annum |
| Wexford | 2 | Flat & NH | Wexford | Ten meetings per annum |
