Residents living near Croke Park in Dublin have pledged to fight any move to open up the stadium to soccer or rugby.
The Croke Park Residents' Alliance, which represents six housing associations in the area, is to meet the GAA president, Mr Seán Kelly, next Tuesday to express their opposition to the proposed change of use of the sports ground.
Mr Pat Gates, the group's chairman, said: "We are taking soundings from the community at present. But anecdotally the feeling is that people would not be happy if the stadium was opened up for more games.
"One of our concerns is that the GAA has not consulted us or explained what kind of impact this would have on the local community. You can be sure as day follows night that once soccer and rugby are in there, we will be getting evening kick-offs, floodlights and further disruption for local residents."
In addition, he said, "people have expressed concerns to us about the fact that a different crowd would be coming to Croke Park.
"The experience in Europe and England around soccer matches would be a huge worry. There is a reputation around soccer games that is not there with rugby or GAA," he added.
The alliance would also be seeking assurances from Mr Kelly that independent monitoring of parking, crowd-control and behavioural attitudes would become a standard element of event management at the stadium.
Such monitoring took place for the first time last year, resulting in a number of recommendations aimed at reducing disruption to residents.
Mr Bill Byrne, a member of the alliance committee, said residents were already fearful about the impact on traffic of the Jurys Croke Park Hotel, which is due to open next September. He added: "Match days are by and large a bloody headache. When I drive up Clonliffe Road the car gets kicked and I get dog's abuse just for driving on the road."
