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Páirc Uí Chaoimh is a GAA stadium in Cork City in Ireland, where major hurling and gaelic football matches are played. It currently has a capacity of 43,500 with one covered stand, an open-air stand and two teraces behing each goalpost. It was officially opened on June 6, 1976 by Con Murphy, then president of the GAA. It was the first stadium to be custom-built for the GAA, on the site of the former Athletic Grounds in Ballintemple.
It is named after Padraig Ó Chaoimh, recognised as the architect of the modern GAA. The main stand is named after Sean MacCarthaigh, Cork's second president of the GAA.
At the moment, the Cork County GAA board are hoping to buy the immediate area beside the stadium which belongs to the Munster Agricultural Society. When purchase is complete, the Cork County Board hope to begin restorations to the stadium to bring capacity to around 55,000. A second tier is to be added to the existing covered stand, while the rest of the stadium (both open terraces and the open stand) will also be roofed. The addition of floodlighting as in the case of Pairc Ui Rinn is also likely.