[1] Dunmore was opened as Belfast's second track after Celtic Park by the United Greyhound Association (Northern Ireland) Ltd.
A tote was installed in 1930 but only lasted until 1932 due to the government ban that year which forced tracks to shut down the betting facility.
[2] During World War II the stadium suffered severe damage which resulted in the main stand being burned down in the 1942 Belfast Blitz.
[3] In 1951 the Smirnoff Puppy Cup started and in 1962 the National Sprint champion Tanyard Chief was drowned in the Belfast floods.
[3] Sixty on course bookmakers were operating on course in 1960, an unusually high amount but tote betting was still illegal in Northern Ireland at the time.
[3] By 1974 the troubles were having a considerable bearing on business and financial problems began to mount, a new board of directors consisting of the Jim Delargy, Sean & Brian Graham took over at Dunmore on 1 April 1977.
from 1920–30 and for another four-year period after the Second World War,[9] and occasionally hosted boxing, including Jack O'Brien v Carl Petersen in 1930, Stan Rowan v Bunty Doran and Hughie Smith v Gerry Smythe in 1949.