Lansdowne Road
Lansdowne Road is a stadium in Dublin, Ireland that opened in 1872. Its recorded capacity is 48,000.
Key facts
Lansdowne Road is a stadium in Dublin, Ireland that opened in 1872. Its recorded capacity is 48,000. It is owned by Irish Rugby Football Union and Irish Rugby Football Union. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Ireland men’s national rugby union team, Leinster Rugby, Lansdowne R.F.C., D'AR Wanderers F.C., Irish Rugby Football Union, 1991 Rugby World Cup, Lansdowne Football Club, 1999 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 48,000
- Opened
- 1872
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Irish Rugby Football Union, Irish Rugby Football Union
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Lansdowne Road is at latitude 53.335006, longitude -6.229203, in Dublin, Ireland. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 53.335006 |
| Longitude | -6.229203 |
| City | Dublin |
| Region | Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Irish Rugby Football Union | 1872 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Irish Rugby Football Union | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland men’s national rugby union team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Leinster Rugby | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Lansdowne R.F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| D'AR Wanderers F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Irish Rugby Football Union | Not mapped | 1872 to present | Current | Source |
| 1991 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1872 to present | Current | Source |
| Lansdowne Football Club | Not mapped | 1872 to present | Current | Source |
| 1999 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1872 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
16 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1213 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33386 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33387 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33386 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1852 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372212767 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Lansdowne_Road | Lansdowne Road | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18864 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18863 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18862 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18861 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6681 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6680 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6679 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6678 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6677 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: