Dublin GAA Discussion Thread: Mod Note - No 'Dublin Dominance' chat allowed!

Will you sell out PP for the KK match? Dublin hurlers don't usually follow up one big performance with another but there's a chance of a historic victory here.

There should be more interest after beating Galway as there is a really something at stake .

"What a joke that crowd in Croke Park was. What an embarrassment for the Dubs. They rocked up with 40,000 or 50,000 to all their big games in their heyday.

Westmeath, a small county, outnumbered them. I'd say there 20,000-plus from Westmeath, only 10,000 or 12,000 from Dublin."

https://www.balls.ie/gaa/pat-spillane-dublin-fans-westmeath-loss-655399

Maybe it'll take a Kerry man laying into the dubs to get the dubs to take a break from the LOI for a few weeks. The only thing I'd change from pat Spillane's article would be the number you once brought was as high as 70k. But regularly brings 40-60k was very respectable.

There's no coincidence the amount of grey hairs evident on hill 16 when it's the 10-40 year old but particularly in the early 20's cohort that the LOI has won over.

With the new format, the provincial Championship means nothing to most. If you get to the final you are in the latter stages of the Championship, even the draw took place before the finals.

However, for those teams who haven't won it, it means a lot. For Louth last year and Westmeath this year, it meant something. For Dublin, it is now meaningless, even for Louth and Westmeath, it won't mean as much next year. Gives a better chance to the weaker teams of Leinster like Longford, Wicklow, Meath and Kildare.

Exactly I was at the Leinster final last year loads of very fresh looking Meath jerseys that were old but “as new”. Not retro either. They are back in storage now!

I heard before the core Dublin hurling support is about 3k. And would surmise that the core Dublin football support is around 20k. Because the DCB considered building a 25k stadium in the Spawell.

Most flaky supporters to me are Kildare they were out in force under Micko. Kildare drew massive crowds then.

But now Kildare people have given up, any I know with an interest in football are nearly embarrassed to discuss it.

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Warning issued

Just regarding the Dublin attendance record league and championship over the last 20 years.
The Dublin Baseline

• Dublin
  • County Population: 1,458,154
  • 20-Year Combined Average Attendance: 32,500
  • Combined Per Capita Support: 2.2% Dublin easily tops the absolute charts, averaging roughly 32,500 fans across all winter and summer fixtures over the last 20 years. This includes major home league turnouts during the Croke Park "Spring Series" under the lights. However, because the capital's population base is vastly larger than any other county, their true year-round per capita conversion rate sits at 2.2%.

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To give an idea how the Dublin football support would have to be to match Mayo ( the top dogs per capita support) here are the estimated figures:

To match Mayo's level of engagement, Dublin's average match attendance would need to climb significantly.

Based on the 20-year combined attendance baseline, Mayo holds a 14.1% per capita support rate.

With County Dublin's population at 1,458,154, matching that exact percentage requires the following figures:

 Dublin's Required Year-Round Average: 205,600 supporters per match.

To put an average of over 205,000 fans per game into perspective:

 The Stadium Requirement: It would mean filling Croke Park (capacity 82,300) to absolute maximum capacity 2.5 times over for every single fixture—including cold Allianz League games in January and February.

 The Absolute Gap: Dublin's actual 20-year combined league and championship average stands at 32,500 fans (a 2.2% per capita rate). To match Mayo's baseline, Dublin would need an additional 173,100 people to turn up to every match, year-round.

Edit : I posted the top 10 football support by county per capita league and championship- 2006-2026 on the football championship thread more appropriate there. Interesting reading. No Kldare nor Meath in sight.

It is interesting to see that poster from Meath (who doesn’t post on the Meath thread) response to you.

It was unintentionally revealing. Mentioning Munster Hurling. Knowing full well that Munster Hurling is its own beast. It basically is hurling in all but name. The argument is a false equivalency.

Yet that Meath poster (who never seems to in the Meath thread) ironically quotes Ewan McKenna: the Kildare blogger who deals in sensationalism to make a living. Doing so again to say that Dublin’s attendance implies that Dublin is not a GAA county. Letting on to “defend” Dublin.

A statement (of course) which is completely incongruent with McKenna’s previous obsession and flawed logic re his previous favourite subject re Dublin - which is a subject for another thread.

Unfortunately, I can’t reply to McKenna’s message on x . He long since blocked me. He has low tolerance for being politely challenged on his flawed logic and disingenuous arguments. Which is strange considering how vocal he likes to be on topics he is not very well informed on. But McKenna does have a market for his drivel, it appeals to a certain type of disingenuous individual.

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Warning issued.

Great article here discussing the Dublin hurlers record in Parnell Park against other counties since 2018 - the new format.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/fortress-parnell-park-dublins-record-against-kilkenny-says-otherwise/

Since 2018, Dublin’s eight championship wins at Parnell Park have come against: Offaly (twice), Galway, Laois, Westmeath, Antrim, Wexford and Kildare.

Their four championship defeats at the venue have come against Kilkenny (three times - the feckers) and Galway.

Dublin’s Parnell Park record since 2018 (First year of new SHC format)

Total: Played 30; Won 19; Lost 9; Drawn 2

Championship: Played 13; Won 8; Lost 4; Drawn 1

League: Played 17; Won 11; Lost 5; Drawn 1

The whingers , will just whinge about something else , ie money , population , cars, lunches, sleeping in there own beds , refs ect etc 🙄🙄

Really miss the Saturday night football league matches under the lights at Parnell.

Yeah fair enough, cant get away from that performance.

I dont know the 'Con' situation, and P OCofaigh Byrne going off had a big impact.

As also, the crowd being like a home match for Westmeath even though it was on in Dublin, that must have impacted on the Dubs.

What I would come back to though - is that knockout games are different.

Ah there is a book called GAAconomics out years ago, it dispelled a few GAA myths. Like if Croke Park got under 33k it is a loss maker. Completely untrue according to the book.