However Shels only spent one season, 1955–56, playing competitive first-team matches there.

The stadium was renovated in 2004 through funding provided by the city council along with Dublin Docklands Development Authority and the National Lottery,[1] and is now managed by Dublin City Council.

Irishtown Stadium features a pavilion which contains a fully equipped gymnasium, an aerobics studio and meeting rooms.

[full citation needed][6] – that play in the Leinster Senior League and Crusaders Athletics Club.

in a FAI Cup second round tie in the stadium in August 2023.