Cricket
One of the very first organisations to see the potential in The Manor Fields, was Limerick Cricket Club! Initially, their cricket crease was smack bang in the middle of Pitch 1. It certainly created an interesting topic during GAA and soccer games, as to why there was this very bald strip in the middle of a very green grass pitch. Since then, The Manor Fields has become the home ground to Limerick Cricket Club and a synthetic cricket crease has been installed – in a new position!
Grass Pitches
We curranty have 3 grass pitches available for rent. Grass Pitch 1 is a GAA pitch (130m x 82m). The very first match played on our first pitch was a ladies Gaelic Football match.
Grass Pitches 2 and 3 were developed in 2020 and opened in 2021 with being the first teams to play matches on the new pitches being Adare Camogie, continuing our very strong relationship with female sports here in the Manor Fields.
It is not unusual to see hurling training and cricket or soccer training going on side by side!
We are currently in the process of planning for the development of Grass Pitch 4. This will be a full size GAA pitch. This will hugely increase our capacity and, with the addition of permanent ball nets, enable both Cricket and GAA or Soccer matches to go on concurrently
Walking Paths
Since opening, the Manor Fields has become a fixture for walkers. In fine weather people will walk around the grass pitches and when it is wet, they use the walking trail around the synthetic pitch. In 2017 we received funding to develop the walking paths more and part of it was used to line the paths around the synthetic pitch. So if you feel the need to do a sprint or two, go for it!