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Rugby heritage, visitor planning and venue enquiries in one place

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One mobile focused experience brings tours, events, venue information and Munster Rugby heritage into practical routes for every Thomond Park visitor.

Thomond Park is both the home of Munster Rugby and a working destination for tours, events and commercial enquiries. Its website had to respect that status while helping visitors complete practical tasks quickly, particularly from mobile devices. The project separated the needs of supporters, museum and stadium tour guests, event planners and international researchers, then brought them back into a coherent experience with an appropriate sense of place and a manageable publishing structure for the internal team.

Services

UX Architecture
Web Design
Booking Engine Integration
Technical SEO
Accessibility Compliance

Rugby heritage, visitor planning and venue enquiries in one place

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One mobile focused experience brings tours, events, venue information and Munster Rugby heritage into practical routes for every Thomond Park visitor.

Thomond Park is both the home of Munster Rugby and a working destination for tours, events and commercial enquiries. Its website had to respect that status while helping visitors complete practical tasks quickly, particularly from mobile devices. The project separated the needs of supporters, museum and stadium tour guests, event planners and international researchers, then brought them back into a coherent experience with an appropriate sense of place and a manageable publishing structure for the internal team.

Services

UX Architecture
Web Design
Booking Engine Integration
Technical SEO
Accessibility Compliance

Date

Sept 2024

Client

Thomond Park

Industry

Sports & Tourism

Timeline

3 months

Thomond Park Stadium, a prominent Limerick landmark for web design Limerick.
Thomond Park Stadium website shown on laptop, demonstrating web design Limerick.
Laptop showing Thomond Park Stadium 'Conferences & Events' website for web design Limerick.

The Challenge

A landmark venue had to serve supporters, tourists and event planners without reducing its story to a list of facilities.

Museum and stadium tour visitors needed a more direct route from research to booking, especially on mobile. Corporate and private event audiences needed specifications, practical venue information and a visible enquiry path. At the same time, the site had to carry the atmosphere and heritage associated with Thomond Park, while remaining straightforward for the team updating matchday, tour and event content.

Website for a venue on a laptop, demonstrating web design Limerick.
Sleek website design Ireland on a laptop embedded in concrete.

The Solution

Distinct visitor routes sit within one venue platform, supported by stronger content and a real sense of place.

The website combines a mobile focused structure, video led headers, richer event content and a more direct booking route for museum and stadium tours. Venue information is easier to scan, commercial enquiry journeys are more visible and heritage content has space to breathe. Together, those elements let Thomond Park communicate tours, events, matchday updates and its wider story without asking visitors to interpret one crowded navigation path.

Smartphone displaying a clean, mobile-responsive web design Limerick site.

The Process

Fans, tour guests, event organisers and international visitors were treated as separate audiences from the outset.

We mapped each audience's main questions, then shaped navigation, page hierarchy and calls to action around those tasks. The technical work included caching, GZIP compression, minified assets, dynamic event display sections and content tools for matchday updates. Accessibility considerations were carried through the responsive interface, helping the venue serve a broad audience while keeping routine content management practical.

Thomond Park website on tablet, exemplifying web design Limerick.
Tablet displaying venue website design Limerick for events and stadium information.
Website on laptop breaking concrete, showcasing web design Limerick.
Mobile event website example by Brainstorm Design Limerick.
Tablet displays Thomond Park Stadium website for Brainstorm Web Design.
Brainstorm Design Limerick project shows responsive website on tablet and phone.
Website design Limerick displayed on tablets for a sports venue.

By the numbers

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New users recorded across the venue website audience.

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New users recorded across the venue website audience.

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Organic users supported by search visibility and venue content.

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Organic users supported by search visibility and venue content.

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Approximate USA audience share noted in reporting.

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Approximate USA audience share noted in reporting.

brainstorm-design-limerick-thomon-park,-John-Cantwell-managing-director

Brainstorm are brilliant. Created a superb website for Thomond Park and their support service is excellent. Nothing is too much trouble and Dave Curtin their creative director is top class. I highly recommend Brainstorm.

John Cantwell

Managing Director, Thomond Park

Thomond Park

brainstorm-design-limerick-thomon-park,-John-Cantwell-managing-director

Brainstorm are brilliant. Created a superb website for Thomond Park and their support service is excellent. Nothing is too much trouble and Dave Curtin their creative director is top class. I highly recommend Brainstorm.

John Cantwell

Managing Director, Thomond Park

Thomond Park