The Mardyke, also referred as the Mardyke Sports Ground, is the sport and fitness facilities used by sports team representing

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one ...

, the general student body, and members of the public. It is based in the Cork district of Mardyke. UCC acquired the grounds in 1911, and rented the main pitch to rugby, soccer, hockey and hurling clubs in the city for a 15% cut of the gate receipts. Outdoors, there are floodlit grass and all-weather pitches, used for soccer, rugby,

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, and hockey.Sports Facilities in UCC
/ref> Kayakers train in the adjacent North channel of the River Lee. There is a tartan track for athletics, where the Cork City Sports are held annually. The most notable performance came in the

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on 3 July 1984, when Yuriy Sedykh and Sergey Litvinov broke the

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six times in one evening. The facilities were severely damaged when the River Lee burst its banks on 19 November 2009. The Mardyke Arena reopened on 15 February 2010 after repairs costing €4m.

Mardyke Arena

The Mardyke Arena, an indoor sports centre opened in 2001, contains a gymnasium, swimming pool and other facilities. It is the home court of UCC Demons, a

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team affiliated with the College though not limited to students.

Association football

The Mardyke was formerly an important venue for association football in Cork city. It was the home ground for several League of Ireland clubs in Cork city, including Fordsons,

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, Cork City, Cork United, Cork Athletic and Cork Hibernians. A crowd of 18,000 watched a friendly match in 1939 between

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and

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, the first international arranged by the FAI to be played outside

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. It is still regularly used by

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, hosting the 2009 Collingwood Cup, the 2015 Crowley Cup and a

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quarter-final against

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External links

Official Mardyke Arena website

UCC website - University sports - Mardyke Facilities

UCC website - University companies - Mardyke Leisure (UCC) Ltd
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