Carlisle Grounds, Football stadium in Bray, Ireland
The Carlisle Grounds is a football stadium in Bray with four distinct stands offering a total capacity of 3,185 seats. It sits directly behind Bray DART railway station, making it an integrated part of the town's transport infrastructure.
Opened in 1862 as Bray Athletic Ground, it was renamed the Carlisle Cricket and Archery Ground that same year after the 7th Earl of Carlisle performed the opening ceremony as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. By 1870 the name had shortened to Carlisle Grounds. The ground was designed by railway engineer William Dargan.
The ground is the home of Bray Wanderers, where supporters gather regularly to watch football matches and connect with the local sporting community.
The ground sits directly behind Bray DART station, so the train is the simplest way to arrive. Hackney carriages were once hired on Seymour Road outside the venue to tour the surrounding countryside. The main stand, built in 2006, seats 985 of the ground's roughly 2,000 seats.
The ground stood in for a Bloody Sunday scene in Neil Jordan's 1996 film Michael Collins, and was later a filming location for Dermot Kennedy's single "Outnumbered".
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