Ciaran Kilkenny feels last Sunday’s Leinster SFC quarter-final between Dublin and Meath should have been played in Páirc Tailteann.

Just 21,445 spectators filed through the turnstiles for a fixture that once drew capacity crowds to Croke Park.

“As a player and probably collectively, it would have been a better atmosphere if the game was in Páirc Tailteann. And we would have loved if the game was there, just from an atmosphere point of view,” the Dublin star said at an event to promote the upcoming Aer Lingus College Football Classic.

“I know Meath are a very proud footballing county with a serious tradition of playing football and I know they’ll be seriously disappointed with the performance they put in.

“It’s challenging in a sense for both sides. They retained Division 2 status and it was a very competitive first half (on Sunday), but there definitely has to be something done in that regard.

“It went from a big attendance in Croke Park against Derry to (less than) 22,000 there and I don’t know what needs to be done, but I think we can do a lot more to promote the games.”

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