placenamesGracedieu
De La Salle’s move created a new centre for games in Waterford’s northwestern suburbs.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Gracedieu · Irish · main form · validated name
- Gracedieu · English · main form
Place & story
Building the grounds
De La Salle GAA Club purchased sixteen acres at Gracedieu East in 2004, on the former Kearney farm. Its development account records rock-breaking and earth-moving before grass was sown in autumn 2005. Games and training began in 2007, followed by the club’s full move in summer 2008. The grounds included pitches, dressing rooms and an indoor hall. [2]
An opening announced
In August 2017 the club announced a formal opening ceremony for its Gracedieu complex, with former GAA president Seán Kelly invited to perform it. The notice reported expenditure of €3.3 million on the sixteen-acre site, distinguishing the ceremonial occasion from the move there nine years earlier. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Gracedieu. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Gracedieu Development — A Work in Progress, phases 1–3 · De La Salle GAA Club
- Official Opening of Gracedieu Complex — 15 August 2017 · De La Salle GAA Club
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-07-30. How this page was prepared.