Gortakeegan Stadium ( ) is an association football venue in the Republic of Ireland based in

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), Monaghan barony. The population of the town as of the 2022 cen ...

. It has been the home ground of former

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club

Monaghan United Monaghan United F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Monaghan currently playing in the Monaghan Cavan League. The club joined the League of Ireland in 1983 and subsequently went on to play in the B Division, the First Division an ...

since 1988. The ground has an 528-seater covered stand and an overall capacity of 5,000. Floodlights were added in 1995 and a new stand was officially opened by

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in 1996. The fourteen acre Gortakeegan complex, which includes four floodlit astro turf pitches, is a designated FAI regional centre. In 2000, after Monaghan United secured a sponsorship deal with the building firm, Century Homes, the ground became known as Century Homes Park. In 2005 after Century Homes was acquired by the

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, the ground became known as Kingspan Century Park. When the sponsorship deal ended the ground reverted to its original name. During the

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season, while

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was being redeveloped,

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played many of their home games at Gortakeegan. Moneghan United underage also play their games at Gortakeegan and it's facilities.

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