I have just seen that the attendaces for this season has passed the one million mark . What was the highest attendace ever in a GAA season

Redhot (Cork) - Posts: 739 - 03/08/2010 13:16:19    734028

i Believe that teh all irelqand final last got 82,000? i believe this is the highest?

Gaelicmeath (Meath) - Posts: 35 - 03/08/2010 13:35:00    734070

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734070 i Believe that teh all irelqand final last got 82,000? i believe this is the highest?

He meant over the entire season. Read the post more carefully buddy!!

And 82,000 isn't the highest individual attendance ever. I think that attendances hit about 90,000 in the 1960s

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13779 - 03/08/2010 13:48:05    734103

Highest individual attendance at a GAA match - 1961 Offaly v Down All Ireland Final - 90,556

Down Exile (Down) - Posts: 214 - 03/08/2010 14:38:43    734222

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734103 Gaelicmeath
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734070 i Believe that teh all irelqand final last got 82,000? i believe this is the highest?

He meant over the entire season. Read the post more carefully buddy!!

And 82,000 isn't the highest individual attendance ever. I think that attendances hit about 90,000 in the 1960s

It couldnt because croke park was never as big but it could not of been this because my dad told ground could only 65000 for finals in 1996 so could not be 90,000

Gaelicmeath (Meath) - Posts: 35 - 03/08/2010 14:42:08    734235

Check out Down v Offaly .......

1961 maybe

BIG SACKS (Tyrone) - Posts: 1681 - 03/08/2010 14:49:15    734252

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734222 Highest individual attendance at a GAA match - 1961 Offaly v Down All Ireland Final - 90,556

yes but that wasnt croker i believe it was wembley

Gaelicmeath (Meath) - Posts: 35 - 03/08/2010 14:49:45    734254

That is correct, the highest ever attendance at a match in Ireland was Down vs Offaly in 1961 at 90,556. The interesting fact though is that this was the OFFICIAL attendance, ie gate receipts. Estimates reckon that over 100,000 people packed into Croke Park that day, photographs show rows of supporter on the sidelines and the roof of the Hogan Stand!!

606168919410 (Down) - Posts: 9 - 03/08/2010 15:00:48    734284

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734222 Highest individual attendance at a GAA match - 1961 Offaly v Down All Ireland Final - 90,556

yes but that wasnt croker i believe it was wembley


Good lad, you been hitting an early house this morning?

if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 03/08/2010 15:01:28    734290

Gaelicmeath

They used to be able to get 90,000 in alright. The capacity did come down alright to the 65,000 mark as I presume safety measures had to be met.

Sure they 48,000 in Dalymount Park once. It's amazing what you could do when health and safety wasn't an issue!

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13779 - 03/08/2010 15:17:26    734325

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734222 Highest individual attendance at a GAA match - 1961 Offaly v Down All Ireland Final - 90,556

yes but that wasnt croker i believe it was wembley

It was that attendance and it was in Croke Park. Safety and crowd control wasn't a big an issue in those days so they were able to squeeze a lot more in.

premierfan (Tipperary) - Posts: 121 - 03/08/2010 15:23:11    734337

Ye that is correct about down and offaly and der is pictures of dat match in de premium section in croke park of people on de roof and sideline

Johnjoe90 (Meath) - Posts: 104 - 03/08/2010 15:30:55    734350

Wembely??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA funniest thing i have eve seen posted on this!! are u haven a laugh bud!!

Spuds_gravy (Westmeath) - Posts: 15 - 03/08/2010 15:39:43    734369

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734290 Gaelicmeath
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734254
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734222 Highest individual attendance at a GAA match - 1961 Offaly v Down All Ireland Final - 90,556

yes but that wasnt croker i believe it was wembley

Good man, and princess margaret threw in the ball after both captains kissed the bishop of canterbury's ring. Offaly never appeared in the second half as they had to be on the train to holyhead from Euston at 4.15.

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 03/08/2010 15:48:45    734381

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734369 Wembely??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA funniest thing i have eve seen posted on this!! are u haven a laugh bud!!

shows how much you know, no surprise seeings as you are from west meath. I am not here to be insulted i am here to talk gaa with knowleagleble people which means not you. Gaa has been played at wembley. So i am right and you are wrong and i demand an apology or my dad might get very cross!!

1958 Wembley at Whit
The British GAA rent Wembley Stadium for the hosting of an exhibition of Gaelic Games. This venture was so successful that 'Wembley at Whit' became an annual date on the British GAA's calendar until 1975; in 1962 over 40,000 spectators attended the challenge game.

http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/history-timeline/timeline-1945-2009/

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 03/08/2010 16:02:25    734419

There were big games played at Wembley at that time and big crowds but not that game....

BIG SACKS (Tyrone) - Posts: 1681 - 03/08/2010 16:06:35    734425

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734369 Wembely??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA funniest thing i have eve seen posted on this!! are u haven a laugh bud!!

a bit of meat with the gravy might help

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 03/08/2010 16:21:22    734453

Please consult your history books before entering this debate. Down first took part in the Wembley Tournament in 1959 when they defeated Galway by 3-09 to 4-04 before a crowd of 32,000. This tournament was a regular feature in London for the many Irish emigrants living there, and indeed to this day London field a team in the Connacht Championship, as do New York. Down were also the first gaelic football team to do a coast to coast tour of America. So the match referred to above was indeed played in Wembley, and the match at Croke Park in 1961 is to this day the highest recorded figure for a single fixture held on the Island of Ireland.

606168919410 (Down) - Posts: 9 - 03/08/2010 18:04:11    734633

i could be mad wrong here but did paddyogall just admit to being Gaelicmeath?

jimbob (None) - Posts: 91 - 03/08/2010 20:05:16    734779

I see my sharp wit is wasted here.

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 03/08/2010 20:13:07    734794