The city is host to Croke Park, the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association. With a capacity of 82,300, it is the fourth largest stadium in Europe after Barcelona's Nou Camp, Wembley in London, and the San Siro in Milan.  It traditionally hosts Gaelic football and Hurling games, as well as international rules football. It also hosts concerts, with acts such as U2, Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams having played there in recent years. The Dublin team play most of their home league Hurling and Gaelic Football games at Parnell Park. Lansdowne Road stadium, which is owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union, was the venue for home games of both the Irish Rugby Union Team and the Republic of Ireland national football team. It had a mixed standing and seating capacity of 49,000. As part of a joint venture between the IRFU, the FAI and the Government, it was replaced by the 50,000 all-seater Aviva Stadium, which opened in May 2010. On 29 January 2009, UEFA confirmed that the Aviva Stadium will host the 2011 Europa League Final (Formerly UEFA Cup).
 
Aviva Stadium

Dublin is home to six League of Ireland clubs, five in the Premier Division and one in the First Division. Dalymount Park in Phibsboro, the traditional home of Irish football and former venue for Republic of Ireland international soccer matches, continues, as it has for over a hundred years, as the home stadium of Bohemians FC. Their long time rivals Shamrock Rovers play at Tallaght Stadium, while St Patrick's Athletic play at Richmond Park in Inchicore, in the south west of the city and University College Dublin, play their home games at the UCD Bowl, Belfield. The newest club, Sporting Fingal play at Morton Stadium, Santry. Shelbourne which now plays in the First Division, is based at Tolka Park in Drumcondra. Tolka Park, Dalymount Park, UCD Bowl & Tallaght Stadium in Dublin along with the Carlisle Grounds in Bray hosted all Group 3 games in the Intermediary round of the 2011 UEFA Regions' Cup.

The National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown is Ireland's largest indoor water leisure facility. The Dublin area has several race courses including Shelbourne Park and Leopardstown. The Dublin Horse Show takes place at the RDS, which hosted the Show Jumping World Championships in 1982. The national boxing arena is located in The National Stadium on the South Circular Road. There are also Basketball, Handball, Hockey and athletics stadia, most notably Morton Stadium in Santry, which held the athletics events of the 2003 Special Olympics.

Australian Rules Football has had a presence in the city since 1999 and there are now three clubs in the Capital; the Dublin Demons, the South Dublin Swans and the West Dublin Saints. All three clubs play in the Aussieproperty.com Premiership and many of their players have represented Ireland's National Aussie Rules Team, the Irish Warriors. Ireland's domestic Rugby League competition has been running since 1997.[75] The North Dublin Eagles play in Ireland's Carnegie League. Recent popularity has been increased with the Irish Wolfhound's success in the Rugby League World Cup which was held in Australia in 2008. The Dublin Marathon has been run since 1980 on the last Monday in October. The Women's Mini Marathon has been run since 1983 on the first Monday in June, which is also a bank holiday in Ireland. It is said to be the largest all female event of its kind in the world.