[2] The stadium formerly held 9,680 people, but this has been scaled down in recent times due to health and safety regulations in the venue, mainly concerning the 'New' and Ballybough stands.

They are Drumcondra, Shelbourne, Dolphin, Home Farm, Dublin City, Shamrock Rovers and St James's Gate.

[8] The ground hosted the first floodlit fixture in the Republic of Ireland on 30 March 1953 when Drums beat St Mirren.

[9] On 26 January 1958 Tolka was the venue for the first all-ticket match to be played in the League of Ireland when Drums hosted Shamrock Rovers.

However, Home Farm never drew large crowds and Tolka fell into disrepair (though it did host the replay of the 1984 FAI Cup final).

The first-ever League of Ireland match to be broadcast live on TV was a fixture between Shelbourne and Derry City, staged at Tolka Park during the 1996/97 season.

One problem was a flood in 2000 that caused extensive damage to the pitch and greatly increased the club's insurance costs.

In 2006, Ollie Byrne, Shelbourne Chief Executive sold the ground to property developer Ossie Kilkenny to help repay the club's debts.

Legal action between the parties who bought the ground delayed its demolition and development,[13] as has a slowdown in the Irish property market.

[17][18] On the opening day of the 2025 League of Ireland Premier Division season, the Tolka Park floodlights failed at half-time against Derry City.

Dolphin used Tolka during their final two seasons (1935–36 and 1936–37) in the league for some games, St James's Gate during the mid-1990s, and Dublin City during their short existence in the early 2000s.

[26] In 1999 Bohemians played home league games for two months in Tolka due to redevelopment work at Dalymount Park[27] and in 2000, two UEFA Cup ties against Aberdeen[28] and Kaiserslautern.

Anne O'Brien scored a hat-trick at Tolka Park in 1971, as her Vards team beat St John Bosco 3–2 in the final of the Drumcondra Cup.

[34] Tolka Park hosted the 2010 FAI Women's Cup final, in which Áine O'Gorman scored a hat-trick to help Peamount United beat Salthill Devon 4–2.

[37] In March 2019 Shelbourne's women's team announced that they would play their home fixtures at Tolka Park, instead of the isolated AUL Complex.

[41][42][43] On 8 June 1951, Jack Doyle faced “Two Ton” Tony Galento in a professional wrestling match in front of 22,500 attendees.

[44][45] In 1959, the world famous Harlem Globetrotters played two basketball matches in Tolka Park on a specially imported court.

The club bar is situated underneath Section E, which is at the eastern end of the stand.The Riverside Stand runs the length of the south side of the pitch.

The Ultras within the club's support base formerly congregated in the Drumcondra Stand, but it has been closed since 2019 due to major structural issues with the roof.

Plans were underway in March and April 2015 for the Council to take back ownership of the land, and for Shelbourne to groundshare Bohemians in (newly Council-owned) Dalymount Park.