Leinster

Bellewstown

Next raceday Sat 10 Apr 2027 Flat or Jumps · evening

• 9 racedays

🏆 July Festival (evening racing) and August meeting; 300th anniversary celebrations on 25–26 August 2026.

• ↻ Left-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Check child prices
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

💷 Punters Pack from €25 incl. admission, racecard, bet and drink (2023)

The course and family days

The track: Left-handed hilltop circuit of about 1m 1f on the Hill of Crockafotha; cards commonly mix Flat races and hurdles on the same day.

Family days: Family day on Wednesday 26 August 2026 (300th anniversary) with bouncy castles, face painting, treasure hunt and free ice cream for the first 100 children

Dundalk

Next raceday Fri 8 Jan 2027 Flat · evening

• 40 racedays

🏆 Group 3 Diamond Stakes and Mercury Stakes (October); Listed Cooley Stakes; busy winter programme of evening racing.

• ↻ Left-handed · Polytrack all-weather
• 💡 All-weather, racing all year
• 🎟 Children free some days
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

🚆 Dundalk Clarke station, about 3 km (taxi)

💷 General admission €15 (2026, family day; sold at the door)

The course and family days

The track: Floodlit left-handed Polytrack oval of about 1m 2f, Ireland's only all-weather track; it shares the site with a greyhound track.

Family days: Family Fun Dual Race Day (Saturday 15 August 2026): horse and greyhound racing, magician, face painting, Kidz Playbus ball pit, pony rides, inflatable slide and paid funfair rides

Fairyhouse

Next raceday Sun 3 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 22 racedays

🏆 Easter Festival with the Irish Grand National (Easter Monday) and Gold Cup day; Winter Festival (December).

• ↻ Right-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Children free
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

💷 student and OAP concessions)

The course and family days

The track: Right-handed circuit of about 1m 6.5f with a 2.5-furlong straight and a slight uphill finish; mainly National Hunt with some Flat fixtures.

Family days: None advertised in sources found

Gowran Park

Next raceday Thu 28 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 19 racedays

🏆 Thyestes Handicap Chase (January); Red Mills Raceday (February)

• ↻ Right-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Children free
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

💷 From €15 (2026, online advance; €20 on the gate)

The course and family days

The track: Galloping, undulating right-handed dual-purpose track just outside Gowran village.

Family days: None advertised

Kilbeggan

Next raceday Fri 23 Apr 2027 Jumps · evening

• 10 racedays

🏆 Midlands National Handicap Chase (July), a recognised Galway Plate trial

• ↻ Right-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Children free
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

💷 Adults €15; 10% off online (2026)

The course and family days

The track: Sharp, undulating right-handed National Hunt-only track staging mainly summer evening meetings.

Family days: Bank-holiday and family racedays with bouncy castles, face painting, games and ice cream (May 2026)

Laytown

Next raceday Mon 13 Sep 2027 Flat · evening

• 1 racedays

🏆 One meeting a year, in September (Thursday 10 September 2026); timing is set by the tide.

• ↻ Straight only · Tidal beach sand
• 🎟 Check child prices
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

🚆 Laytown station, about 10 min walk (free race-day shuttle)

The course and family days

The track: Ireland's only beach racecourse under the Rules of Racing: a straight, almost level course of about seven furlongs on the tidal strand, laid out once the tide goes out, with races of 6–7f and a maximum field of 10.

Family days: The single annual meeting has had face painting and a balloon artist (2023), plus a local schools colouring competition displayed on the day

Leopardstown

Next raceday Sat 30 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 23 racedays

🏆 Dublin Racing Festival (February); Irish Champions Festival incl. Irish Champion Stakes (September); Christmas Festival (26-29 December)

• ↻ Left-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Children free
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

The course and family days

The track: Galloping, fairly flat left-handed track about 8 km south of Dublin city centre with separate Flat and National Hunt courses; runs Flat and jumps racing year-round.

Family days: Derby Trial Family Day (May) listed by Discover Ireland

Naas

Next raceday Sun 10 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 20 racedays

🏆 Lawlor's of Naas Novice Hurdle (January); Royal Ascot Trials Day (spring); Punchestown Preview Evening (2026)

• ↻ Left-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Children free
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Very family-friendly

🚆 Sallins & Naas station

The course and family days

The track: Galloping, undulating left-handed track with a separate straight sprint course of about 6f; dual-purpose with Flat and National Hunt seasons.

Family days: Bank Holiday Family Fun Days with face painting, bouncy castles, magician, pony rides, petting farm and free on-site crèche (2019)

Navan

Next raceday Sat 23 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 18 racedays

🏆 Navan Racing Festival (November) with the Troytown Chase and Fortria Chase; Cusack Hotel Group Family Raceday (July).

• ↻ Left-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Children free some days
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly
• 🛝 Play area

💷 Family ticket €30 for 2 adults + 4 children (2026, online, family day); adult general admission discounted online

The course and family days

The track: Left-handed oval of about 1m 4f with a testing uphill finish of around two furlongs; Flat and National Hunt racing all year round.

Family days: Cusack Hotel Group Family Raceday (11 July 2026): face painting, racehorse simulator, petting farm, kids' disco, treasure hunt, bouncy castles, magic shows

Punchestown

Next raceday Sun 17 Jan 2027 Jumps

• 22 racedays

🏆 Punchestown Festival (late April/early May); Winter Festival incl. Morgiana Hurdle (November); Premiere Weekend (November)

• ↻ Right-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Children free
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

💷 From €15 (2024, advance, Premiere Weekend)

The course and family days

The track: Galloping, undulating right-handed National Hunt track with a separate cross-country course; Ireland's main jumps venue outside Leopardstown.

Family days: Festival Family Day (Saturday) with carnival rides, face painting, street theatre and live music (2022); Santa Truck/Train on Premiere Weekend (2024)

The Curragh

Next raceday Sat 20 Mar 2027 Flat

• 24 racedays

🏆 Irish 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas (May); Irish Derby (late June/July); Irish Oaks (July); Moyglare Stud Stakes on Irish Champions Festival Sunday (September)

• ↻ Right-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Children free
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Very family-friendly
• 🛝 Play area

🚆 Kildare station, free return shuttle bus timed to trains

💷 From €15 (2026, October/Season Finale fixtures)

The course and family days

The track: Wide, galloping right-handed horseshoe on open grassland with a separate straight course up to a mile; Flat only.

Family days: Moyglare Kids Zone marquee with free activities; family fun and bank-holiday family racedays; kids' menus across the course

Wexford

Next raceday Sun 14 Mar 2027 Jumps

• 14 racedays

🏆 Summer Friday-evening meetings; mixed-grade jumps fixtures March to November

• ↻ Left-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Check child prices
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly

🚆 2 km; Wexford Bus to the General Hospital opposite

The course and family days

The track: Sharp, undulating left-handed track of about 1m 2f (switched from right-handed in 2015); jumps only since 2016, cards often end with an amateur bumper.

Family days: None advertised