Ireland's Padel Map, November 2026: 362 Courts as the Island Passes 100 Venues

This is our monthly report on Irish padel, covering October 2026 and the first days of November. All figures come from Openplay's own research. Last month's edition: October 2026.

The numbers at 11 November

	2 October	11 November	Change
Open courts, all-island	346	362	+16
Open venues, all-island	97	101	+4
Republic of Ireland	230	236	+6
Northern Ireland	116	126	+10
Courts per 100,000 people (Republic)	4.47	4.58	+0.11

We track 164 locations in total. Beyond the 101 open venues, 51 are being built, have planning permission or are waiting on a decision, and another 12 are leads we have not been able to confirm. In the Republic the verified pipeline adds up to 138 courts at 49 venues.

That pipeline is much bigger than the 97 courts we reported on 2 October, but most of the jump is bookkeeping. On 24 October we went through the planning register and added 16 schemes that already had permission, worth 44 courts. Padel W in Waterford added eight more. Six courts left the pipeline because they opened, at Ballyhass and Padel B. Five more came out when we found that two Padel 100 planning applications, at the Radisson Blu in Sligo and in Nenagh, had been withdrawn.

Of the 16 courts added since 2 October, eight are indoor, all of them at House of Padel Belfast.

Opened in October

House of Padel Belfast: eight indoor courts

House of Padel, which opened its first club in Dublin in 2024, now has its first Northern Ireland club on Redcar Street in east Belfast. It has eight indoor padel courts, six doubles and two singles, plus pickleball courts that we don't count. It was not yet open at the start of October. By 25 October all eight courts could be booked and memberships were on sale. We could not establish the exact opening date.

Ballyhass Padel, Mallow: four outdoor courts

Ballyhass Padel, at Ballyhass Lakes, Cecilstown, near Mallow, Co. Cork (P51 N990), was open and taking bookings on its four outdoor courts by 16 October. In mid-November it lists hours on Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday and Sunday daytime, with open games at €11.25 a place, a Saturday padel and sauna social at €25 and a six-week Learn to Padel course at €130. See where to play padel in Cork.

Park Padel, Waterford

Park Padel at Waterpark RFC in Waterford opened at the start of October with four outdoor courts. It was already in last month's figures, so it is not part of the +16 above. See where to play padel in Waterford.

Added to the map, but not new

Two venues joined the open list on 25 October even though they opened earlier:

• Padel B, The Bowers, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo has two floodlit outdoor courts, open 8am–10pm every day and booked through the operator's own site and app. The Connaught Telegraph reported on 12 September that the courts had opened the previous Wednesday. We had it listed as a planned venue.
• Kingfisher Padel Club, at Kingfisher Country Estate, Templepatrick, Co. Antrim (BT39 0DD), has two outdoor doubles courts. It was announced in May, and last month we still had no confirmed court count. Both courts are now bookable, from noon on weekdays and from 8am at weekends, with socials from £7.50.

What the new courts change

• The Republic now has 4.58 open courts per 100,000 people, up from 4.47 on 2 October.
• Mayo is the biggest mover. Padel B takes the county from four courts at one venue to six at two, or 4.3 per 100,000 people. That lifts Mayo from joint 18th to joint 14th in the Republic for courts per head, level with Longford. See where to play padel in Mayo.
• Cork has 19 courts at four venues with Ballyhass, or 3.3 per 100,000. The county climbed from 20th to 16th in mid-October, then slipped to 17th when Mayo moved past it. Donegal, Carlow and Galway each drop a place for the same reason.
• The top ten is unchanged. Limerick still leads on 11.5 courts per 100,000, ahead of Westmeath (8.3) and Waterford (7.9). The full table is in the County Padel Density League.
• Northern Ireland has 126 courts at 27 venues, 35% of the island's courts. Ten of the 16 courts added since 2 October are north of the border.

Planning: October's decisions

Given the go-ahead:

• Mallow GAA complex, Carrigoon, Mallow, Co. Cork: a building for five indoor courts. Cork County Council issued a decision to grant, with conditions, on 12 October. It is the largest GAA club scheme on our tracker.
• Lidl, Courthouse Road, Fermoy, Co. Cork: two modular courts. Decision to grant, with conditions, on 7 October. Padel 100 now lists Fermoy as coming soon.
• Glenlo Abbey Hotel, Galway: three indoor courts. Galway County Council's decision was dated 1 October and the grant became final on 10 November.
• Fairgreen, Loughrea, Co. Galway: a sports building for three courts. The council decided to grant permission on 22 September.

Granted, then appealed: Meath County Council decided on 12 October to grant three courts at Ashbourne Retail Park. A third party has since appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála, and the appeal was notified on 6 November, so that permission is not final.

Refused: on 19 October South Dublin County Council refused a scheme at Woodtown, Dublin 16, that included three outdoor padel courts alongside tennis courts and a clubhouse.

New applications:

• Moyle Rovers GAA, Monroe, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary: three courts inside a steel and PVC structure. Lodged on 12 October, with a decision due by 6 December.
• Claremorris Lawn Tennis Club, Co. Mayo: two courts with LED lighting. Lodged on 13 October, with a decision due by 7 December.

The two large Kildare applications, nine courts at Oldtown Demesne in Naas and six at Newbridge Town FC, are still on hold. Kildare County Council asked both for further information in late August, and neither had a response on file when we checked on 11 November.

Last month's study of who builds Ireland's padel courts found only one GAA club with confirmed open courts. Two GAA clubs appear in the list above.

Our register now holds 228 padel planning applications covering 174 distinct schemes, up from 222 and 171 a month ago. Of the schemes that have been decided, 17% were refused (23 of 136). The full list is on padel planning in Ireland.

What to watch next

• Padel W, Waterford: eight indoor courts (six doubles, two singles) at Lacken Road Business Park, Kilbarry. The operator is aiming to open in January 2027.
• FEAT4, Boucher Road, Belfast: a new club with five indoor courts. The operator's site says it is open. It is not in our figures yet, and we will add it once we have confirmed the courts ourselves.
• Let's Go Padel Limavady, Armagh and Ballyshannon: all three were still listed as coming soon by the operator on 11 November, with no court counts.
• Padel 100: the operator lists 10 clubs as open and 16 as coming soon. We add each one to the count when it opens.
• Decisions due: Clonmel by 6 December and Claremorris by 7 December, plus the Ashbourne appeal.
• Arena Padel at Goffs, Kill, Co. Kildare: nine indoor courts, with the operator aiming for April 2027.

Also new on the site

If you want a game more than a court, see our guide to social padel events in Dublin, Cork and Limerick and the padel coaching directory. We have also published guides to the 2027 racket ranges from Bullpadel, NOX and Babolat.

About these figures

Every figure in this report comes from Openplay's own research. We track every padel venue on the island of Ireland ourselves and update the count as courts open. The figures are free to cite with a link to this page.

Browse every venue on the Ireland padel court finder, see the long view in the State of Padel in Ireland 2026 report, or compare Ireland with the rest of Europe in the international padel gap. Journalists and researchers can find data and contact details on our press and data page.

Spotted a court we're missing, or something we've got wrong? Get in touch and we'll check it and update the map.