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Limerick v Clare 30,460 Leinster football Double header 30,490 Cork v waterford 29,104 Armagh v Down 22,520 Derry V Monaghan 13,371 Kilkenny v galway 14,000 ( best guess of someone there ) Thats circa 150,000 people at 6 GAA venues over the weekend, a lot of people. PS Leinster hurling attendances are a closely guarded secret it seems , Bound to have been another 7/8K at the Wexford v Antrim & Dublin v Westmeath hurling games. OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 717 - 01/05/2023 12:48:34 2474896 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "That included the Louth v Offaly game ?" Not sure. It was the figure quoted on the Sunday Sport show MartinEgan (UK) - Posts: 84 - 01/05/2023 13:24:52 2474906 Link
Very poor crowd in Croke Park for 2 leinster semi finals.I saw very few Kildare fans. joej (Louth) - Posts: 1601 - 01/05/2023 21:55:14 2474940 Link
Will be very interesting to see what type of a crowd Louth Dublin gets . 11jm11 (Kildare) - Posts: 367 - 01/05/2023 22:56:00 2474941 Link
Replying To OpenStand: "Limerick v clare hurling round robin 30,460 The same 2 counties only had 3,616 at Munster football semi final previous week in same venue . Some difference." I tried to buy a ticket late for the football game to find it was sold out. Only the stand in Limerick was opened for the game. Limerick County board didn't open up rest of the ground hence it was a "sell out". Some joke! OhReally (Limerick) - Posts: 24 - 02/05/2023 07:35:40 2474945 Link
Replying To OpenStand: "Limerick v Clare 30,460 Leinster football Double header 30,490 Cork v waterford 29,104 Armagh v Down 22,520 Derry V Monaghan 13,371 Kilkenny v galway 14,000 ( best guess of someone there ) Thats circa 150,000 people at 6 GAA venues over the weekend, a lot of people. PS Leinster hurling attendances are a closely guarded secret it seems , Bound to have been another 7/8K at the Wexford v Antrim & Dublin v Westmeath hurling games." Only a shade over 4,000 in Wexford Park for the Wexford v Antrim match. A very poor attendance. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2621 - 02/05/2023 10:57:34 2474961 Link
Replying To 11jm11: "Will be very interesting to see what type of a crowd Louth Dublin gets ." Will be 40,000 maybe. It is novelty and Louth I expect will bring a big crowd. More Dubs be there following close run thing on Sunday. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3118 - 02/05/2023 11:07:36 2474963 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "Only a shade over 4,000 in Wexford Park for the Wexford v Antrim match. A very poor attendance." I fear to think how many will turn up on Saturday. Dublin and Wexford die hards, which judging by what you say and how many were in Parnell, I'd say be less than 10,000. I know CP probably preferred by Wexford but will be dismal atmosphere. slightly depressing even when we win on evenings like that! BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3118 - 02/05/2023 11:23:33 2474968 Link
Replying To OhReally: "I tried to buy a ticket late for the football game to find it was sold out. Only the stand in Limerick was opened for the game. Limerick County board didn't open up rest of the ground hence it was a "sell out". Some joke!" The Mackey stand can hold 9,000 so not sure how you make it a sell out with only three thousand odd there , mackey stand was half empty for football match. Maybe if your too close to throw in they cant be bought online. Be interesting to see what attendance Kerry V Clare gets there next Sunday - 12K maybe . OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 717 - 02/05/2023 11:41:20 2474974 Link
Replying To OhReally: "I tried to buy a ticket late for the football game to find it was sold out. Only the stand in Limerick was opened for the game. Limerick County board didn't open up rest of the ground hence it was a "sell out". Some joke!" Depends how late you were. Online sales close something like 30 minutes before throw-in. Could be the case that you were too late to buy a ticket, rather than it being a so-called "sell-out". I don't see the need for closing online sales like that myself, and the cut-off time should definitely be better publicised, but this might explain your particular situation all the same. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2621 - 02/05/2023 11:53:10 2474979 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Will be 40,000 maybe. It is novelty and Louth I expect will bring a big crowd. More Dubs be there following close run thing on Sunday." I'll be interested to see the crowd there from Louth at the final, it was a 45k attendance at Louth's last final with Meath in 2010 and I'd wager to say that the football was more popular back then. There was 19k at Dublin v Louth in League and it seemed about 15k there for the Louth v Offaly game (of the 30k, possibly more but Offaly brought more I felt). There's good hype around the team at the moment but it doesn't just feel quite the same as 2010 hype and possibly impacted by the increased popularity of other sports in Louth since 2010. Hard to know, hopefully we show up. WeeOriel (Louth) - Posts: 1 - 02/05/2023 18:56:55 2475239 Link
11,550 at Galway Kilkenny centrefield99 (Galway) - Posts: 136 - 02/05/2023 23:07:51 2475284 Link
Replying To WeeOriel: "I'll be interested to see the crowd there from Louth at the final, it was a 45k attendance at Louth's last final with Meath in 2010 and I'd wager to say that the football was more popular back then. There was 19k at Dublin v Louth in League and it seemed about 15k there for the Louth v Offaly game (of the 30k, possibly more but Offaly brought more I felt). There's good hype around the team at the moment but it doesn't just feel quite the same as 2010 hype and possibly impacted by the increased popularity of other sports in Louth since 2010. Hard to know, hopefully we show up." If Kildare had bet Dublin there would be a massive crowd from both Louth and Kildare at the Leinster final. centrefield99 (Galway) - Posts: 136 - 02/05/2023 23:08:46 2475285 Link
Few more big games coming up, any ideas of likely numbers? Saturday 6 May Munster SHC round 3 Cork v Tipperary, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7pm - GAAGO Leinster SHC round 3 Dublin v Wexford, Parnell Park, 5pm - GAAGO Westmeath v Galway, TEG Cusack Park, 6pm Joe McDonagh Cup round 4 Laois v Kildare, Laois Hire O'Moore Park, 2.30pm Sunday 7 May Munster SFC final Clare v Kerry, TUS Gaelic Grounds, 4pm - RTÉ2 Connacht SFC final Sligo v Galway, Hastings MacHale Park, 1.45pm - RTÉ2 Leinster SHC round 3 Antrim v Kilkenny, Corrigan Park, 1pm - GAAGO Joe McDonagh Cup round 4 Offaly v Kerry, Glenisk O'Connor Park, 1pm Down v Carlow, Ballycran, 1pm dingle82 (Down) - Posts: 231 - 04/05/2023 14:23:18 2475681 Link
Replying To dingle82: "Few more big games coming up, any ideas of likely numbers? Saturday 6 May Munster SHC round 3 Cork v Tipperary, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7pm - GAAGO Leinster SHC round 3 Dublin v Wexford, Parnell Park, 5pm - GAAGO Westmeath v Galway, TEG Cusack Park, 6pm Joe McDonagh Cup round 4 Laois v Kildare, Laois Hire O'Moore Park, 2.30pm Sunday 7 May Munster SFC final Clare v Kerry, TUS Gaelic Grounds, 4pm - RTÉ2 Connacht SFC final Sligo v Galway, Hastings MacHale Park, 1.45pm - RTÉ2 Leinster SHC round 3 Antrim v Kilkenny, Corrigan Park, 1pm - GAAGO Joe McDonagh Cup round 4 Offaly v Kerry, Glenisk O'Connor Park, 1pm Down v Carlow, Ballycran, 1pm" There's meant to be up to 35,000 at the Cork v Tipp match. Dublin v Wexford will have a very poor attendance. Antrim v Kilkenny will probably get around 3,000 I have no idea for the Joe McDonagh games, we never get official attendances figures from them so I don't even know how to estimate. Báireoir (Dublin) - Posts: 80 - 05/05/2023 12:41:23 2475889 Link
Two provincal finals could be modest crowds. 35 Euro for an adult stand ticket is plenty . Especially when both matchs are viewed as forgone conclusions by many & Their on TV. 12K at each would be a reasonable crowd. Munster Hurling & Ulster Football are the biggest crowd pullers in recent years until all ireland knockout stages. OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 717 - 05/05/2023 13:59:16 2475920 Link
9,125 at Dublin v Wexford. Surely would have better playing the game at Parnell Park MartinEgan (UK) - Posts: 84 - 06/05/2023 18:10:29 2476126 Link
Replying To MartinEgan: "9,125 at Dublin v Wexford. Surely would have better playing the game at Parnell Park" The better part of 73 000 empty seats. Unbelievable really. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 06/05/2023 21:53:19 2476200 Link
36,765 at Cork v Tipperary in PUC hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts: 870 - 06/05/2023 22:07:52 2476212 Link
Replying To MartinEgan: "9,125 at Dublin v Wexford. Surely would have better playing the game at Parnell Park" Well it wasn't played in Croke Park for attendance reasons Báireoir (Dublin) - Posts: 80 - 06/05/2023 22:14:39 2476218 Link