All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2026 (Munster & Leinster Championships, Liam McCarthy Cup)

You are being silly now. There are always fluctuations in attendance and capacity on the day. Not all ticket holders show up for example. The capacity changes from game to game for lots of logistical reasons . But they were sell outs and are recorded everywhere as same. You are on your own in saying they were not.

Not engaging further, you are trolling (badly).

They're rampant in underage. I've lost count of the number of young lads I've seen take hips and shoulders to the heads while rising a sliothar and refs don't give a damn. More worried about sending off a young lad than they are about a lad getting concussed or worse.

GAA need to get on top of this.

One of the great achievements....something Cork will always be able to look back on with pride.

Glad Cork have the trophy for best attendance anyway, fair play to them. Per capita Cork, Clare and Kk have the highest attendance averages anyway. Some poster put up something about it ages ago. Corks large population and rich history obviously has a lot to do with things, but personally I prefer to focus on whats happening on the pitch rather than how many are there watching it.

For all the moaning about having to travel to Cork, there sure wasn't much Clare folk in Thurles yesterday.🤣

I'm a 35 year old Cork man. Clare have won more all Irelands than us in my life time. We need to move away from using the roll of honour as a debating point.

Ya it wasn't much comfort to me that Limerick had more All Irelands than Clare, Offaly or Galway while I was watching them win in my lifetime.

Last time they looked really good was the 2024 final and they have had some utterly woeful days since. There was plenty of warning signs in that back line again today. Limerick will probably be something like +5 favourites next game.

Still in a semi final with a team of AI winners so a turn around is possible and it's not that different to where Tipp were last year.

Fair enough. Cork have a glorious history. Limerick have the advantage of not needing a history lesson every time someone asks about success. 😁 Imagine telling a county that's won multiple All-Irelands in the last few years that they're supposed to be jealous of historical statistics 🤦‍♂️

What's the cut off period for when we can start discounting all irelands won? 10 years? 20 years? 30 years? Are we starting from scratch again at 2018?

Yip. To back this up, most websites list PuC as having a 45,000 capacity. The Munster Final had only 43,365 as the official attendance but the match was definitely sold out. Likewise the attendance in the round 2 game was reported as 43,369 and was also definitely sold out. This would be partly because PuC has had the allowed attendance in the terraces as per its operating licence lower than what was originally anticipated due to known ongoing issues with the terraces and loading them safely etc.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41043701.html

and

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41008505.html  

wherein that report notes the following and also quotes Kevin O'Donovan, the then Chairperson of the Cork County Board as saying:

The Cork secretary explained that stadium capacity was limited to 41,500 for the rugby game because of overcrowding that occurred at the front of either terrace at the end of the Liam Miller tribute game four years ago. It will take another three high-demand games at the Ballintemple venue before the full 45,000 capacity is restored.

“At the Liam Miller event, all the supporters in the terraces gravitated towards the front of the terrace to get signatures from their heroes. It meant there was a little bit of crowding and vomitories on the day. On that basis, the fire officer recommended that we establish the capacity at the lower level of 41,500, and then we increase it subsequently as the matches come in and we graduate back to the full 45,000.

“It is our full intention to get back to 45,000, increasing it by 500 per match in each terrace. That means capacity goes back up 1,000 each time to get back to our full capacity.” 

To be fair, don't forget that some of the GAA terraced areas are enormous - especially both of the terraces in PuC which were expected to hold 12,000 per terrace - that means each was supposed to hold more than the entirety of Tallaght Stadium. The attendance figure at the final and the earlier April game would imply that the current licenced capacity is somewhere around 11,200/11,250 per terrace.

Semple Stadium actual current licenced capacity versus capacity listed on various websites is probably a similar story.

Looking back on it this morning, it was one of the more cowardly hits I've seen. Opportunity now for a statement lengthy ban

I agree though, hard to see anything other than a Cork win. Offaly will bring plenty of fight, but over 70 minutes Cork should have too much. Imo it will be a lot more than 8 pts

Cork 1/33, not the best value!

This comes from Clare GAA

"Clare hurler David Reidy has been released from hospital and is recovering well following the injury he sustained in yesterday’s game"

Great to hear!!