Located in the suburb of Milltown, it was home to Shamrock Rovers from 1926 to 1987, when it was sold to property developers by the club's directors.

In 1987, the Kilcoyne family, who owned Shamrock Rovers since 1972 and had recently bought Glenmalure Park from the Jesuits, decided to sell the stadium to property developers.

[1] KRAM collected money to purchase Glenmalure Park but could not match the offer of a property developer to whom the Kilcoynes eventually sold the site.

On Thursday 12 April 2007 a ceremony was held at the monument to commemorate 20 years since the last competitive game was played at the famous old ground.

[2] The sale of Glenmalure Park featured in the RTÉ programme "Twenty Moments That Shook Irish Sport" which was broadcast in August 2007.

[5] Shamrock Rovers were without a home ground for over 20 years after the sale of Glenmalure Park, until the opening of Tallaght Stadium in March 2009.

Milltown also regularly hosted the Republic of Ireland women's national football team and the last match at the venue was a 4-1 win over Wales on the 24th of May 1987.

Billy Morton of Clonliffe Harriers staged his first athletics meeting on Saturday 14 August 1943 at Glenmalure Park.