- A 1,200 seat fully-covered stadium that houses a two tier elite
gym, meeting/studio room, doctor’s room, and 8 dressing rooms that
complement a floodlit sand based multipurpose pitch
- A multi-purpose Sports Hall incorporating a state-of-the art Gym
& Weights Room. The Gym may be used by all full-time students and is
open Monday – Friday 7.00am– 9.00pm and Saturday 11.00am – 4.00pm
- Synthetic Athletics 8 Lane Track with full track and field
facilities. Includes a 1080-seat stand, results and administration
centre, dressing rooms and Indoor 5 Lane 60m Track with an Olympic size
long jump pit
- A fully equipped strength and conditioning gym that houses a 625sqm
gym area, dressing rooms is located in the Melbourne Building and is
the base for various MTU Cork clubs and occasionally Cork GAA teams
- Three Soccer Pitches
- Two Rugby Pitches
- Two GAA Pitches
- A walking/jogging track encompassing the campus
- A floodlit half size Astro-Turf Pitch which can be divided into 2 five a-side pitches
In June 2020, construction commenced on our new €22 million MTU Arena in
Cork which will include a large multi-function hall incorporating two
basketball courts with seating for an audience of 400 people, a gym,
studio rooms and will be another major boast to our sports facilities.
This marks the start of a two-phase programme, phase one being the
construction of the arena while phase two will deliver an indoor
community and high-performance sports facility.
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The Sports facilities at the MTU Bishopstown Campus cater primarily for current students and staff users. MTU Bishopstown Campus does, however, make its Sports facilities, mainly its Astro-Turf Pitches, Athletics Track, and Grass Pitches available to various clubs, sporting organisations, intercounty teams, and to local, regional, and national community groups/projects. MTU Bishopstown Campus also facilitates limited “external” membership for the Gym and the Track.
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Grass pitches email: ger.neff@services.mtu.ie
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Track & Astro email: denise.minihane@mtu.ie
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Gym email: gymcork@mtu.ie
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A further multipurpose sportshall, astro turf, and swimming, diving and sailing facilities are available at the National Maritime College of Ireland in Ringaskiddy.
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LeisureWorld is located off the main MTU Cork Bishopstown Campus and has 3 swimming pools (25m, 18m and toddler pool). Special student discounts apply for use of the pool.
MTU's excellently prepared sports grounds and facilities played host to numerous competitions throughout the year including primary and second level schools’ matches, the Rebel Run, the Cork City Sports International Athletics Meet, the Christmas day ‘GOAL Mile’ and the Special Olympics Munster Championships. MTU provides training facilities for a number of teams including the Cork GAA teams from juvenile to senior levels, Cork City Soccer, and Munster Rugby Academy.