Munster

Clonmel

Next raceday Thu 7 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 13 racedays

🏆 Clonmel Oil Chase (November); summer BBQ evening meeting (June).

• ↻ Right-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Check child prices
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult-focused

🚆 Clonmel station, under 1 km (off the Fethard roundabout)

The course and family days

The track: Demanding right-handed track of about 1m 2f on a 160-acre tree-lined site: a steep uphill climb, a gradual downhill run, then a stiff uphill finish. Mainly known for autumn/winter jumps racing.

Family days: None advertised

Cork

Next raceday Sat 2 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 21 racedays

🏆 Easter Festival (three days over the Easter weekend, Flat and jumps); Cork Grand National Handicap Chase; Grade 2 Hilly Way Chase; Group 3 Munster Oaks and Give Thanks Stakes.

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

🚆 Mallow station, about 2.5 km; free shuttle bus before and after racing

💷 From €20 at the gate; students/OAPs from €15; Premium Level €40 online

The course and family days

The track: Right-handed circuit of about 1m 4f (1.5 miles) with a separate 5f straight sprint course; dual-purpose, with Flat and jumps races mixed at the Easter Festival.

Family days: Free children's entertainment on many racedays where possible (face painting, magic shows, Easter egg hunt); Easter Monday petting farm, puppet/magic shows and characters; August Bank Holiday Family Fun/Superheroes fancy-dress raceday

Killarney

Next raceday Sun 9 May 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 13 racedays

🏆 Five-day July Festival (Julyfest, with Ladies Day); May, August and October festivals; Kingdom Gold Cup, Cairn Rouge Stakes and Ruby Stakes.

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

🚆 Killarney station, about 0.8 km (half a mile)

The course and family days

The track: Undulating, sharp left-handed oval of about 9.5 furlongs with a particularly tight bend after the winning post; Flat, hurdle and chase races, mostly at evening meetings.

Family days: A family day at the May festival (listed by HRI); otherwise mainly live music and best-dressed days. The venue also stages a family pantomime (Cinderella), not a raceday

Limerick

Next raceday Tue 2 Feb 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 19 racedays

🏆 Four-day Christmas Festival (26–29 December, with Grade 1 and Grade 2 races); Munster National weekend (October); summer evening meetings with live music.

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

The course and family days

The track: Right-handed oval of just over 1m 3f, 6 miles south of Limerick city off the M20 (exit 4); races all year with Flat and jumps meetings.

Family days: Family Fun Day on the final day of the Christmas Festival, plus Sunday family days with crazy golf, a horse simulator, balloon modelling, face painting and costumed characters; free entertainment on selected racedays

Listowel

Next raceday Sat 5 Jun 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 10 racedays

🏆 Seven-day Harvest Festival (September) featuring the Guinness Kerry National; June Bank Holiday meeting.

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

💷 Harvest Festival gate €20 (Sun–Tue) and €25 (Wed–Sat); groups of 20+ get 20% off

The course and family days

The track: Flat, left-handed course on the island by the River Feale: an inner rectangular circuit of just over a mile and an outer triangular circuit of 1m 1f, plus a chute for 7f and 1m races; the festival cards mix Flat and jumps races.

Family days: Family day on the Sunday of the Harvest Festival with free entertainment and a pet farm (per course site and HRI family-day list); live music daily

Thurles

Next raceday Sun 24 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 11 racedays

🏆 Grade 2 Kinloch Brae Chase; well-attended Sunday meeting before Christmas.

• ↻ Right-handed · Turf
• 🎟 Check child prices
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult-focused

🚆 Thurles station, about 1.6 km (1 mile); free minibus to the course

The course and family days

The track: Right-handed track of about 1m 2f, 1 mile west of Thurles town; mainly a winter jumps venue, with most meetings on Thursday afternoons.

Family days: None advertised

Tipperary

Next raceday Sat 23 Oct 2027 Flat or Jumps · evening

• 9 racedays

🏆 Super Sunday (first Sunday in October), a mixed card with a Group 3 Flat race and graded jumps races; from 2027/28 a winter all-weather programme (about 31 meetings planned in 2028).

• ↻ Left-handed · Turf (being relaid); new Polytrack all-weather track due to open in late 2027
• 💡 All-weather, racing all year
• 🎟 Children free
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Very family-friendly

🚆 Limerick Junction station, about 5 min walk

💷 From €32 ('The Real Deal'), €36 on premium days

The course and family days

The track: Left-handed turf track next to Limerick Junction station; the new floodlit Polytrack all-weather will have a 5f/6f straight and a round course with a sweeping home bend, and the turf track is being fully rebuilt for Flat and jumps.

Family days: Annual Family Day (31 August 2025) with face painting, bouncy castles, animal farm, magic shows, live music and a gaming van

Tramore

Next raceday Fri 1 Jan 2027 Flat or Jumps

• 12 racedays

🏆 Four-day August Festival (mid-August, with BBQ and style evenings); New Year's Day meeting with a Grade 3 chase.

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

The course and family days

The track: Sharp, undulating right-handed track with many tight turns, set above Tramore town with views over the beach; races year-round with Flat and jumps meetings.

Family days: An occasional family day appears on HRI's family-day list; otherwise none advertised by the course