Every club in the country will receive an allocation based on their size, membership, codes played, etc, regardless of whether their county is competing as the All-Ireland finals are regarded as national occasions, belonging to everyone in the GAA.<\/p>\n
Although Croke Park has an official capacity of 82,300, 82,006 tickets are distributed for each of the finals.<\/p>\n
Demand for tickets significantly outstrips supply each year.<\/p>\n
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The GAA advises against purchasing tickets from unofficial sources. Photograph: Bryan Keane\/Inpho Where do the tickets go?<\/p>\n
Of the 82,006 total, 71,478 tickets are available for distribution, in addition to 10,528 for premium and corporate ticket holders.<\/p>\n
The GAA breaks down the allocation set aside for the various groups in the director general\u2019s annual report. The latest figures available, shared in the 2025 annual report, relate to the 2024 All-Ireland finals.<\/p>\n
In previous years, the GAA also broke down the exact allocation to the two counties contesting the final, each receiving roughly 13,000 tickets. Where tickets are not taken up, as can be the case in counties not taking part, the tickets are redistributed to the competing counties. <\/p>\n
There are also allocations to provincial and overseas boards, as well as season and term ticket holders.<\/p>\n
Ticket breakdown (2024 All-Ireland finals):<\/p>\n
Total county allocations \u2013 59,212<\/p>\n
Provinces \u2013 380<\/p>\n
Overseas \u2013 480<\/p>\n
Ard Chomhairle\/Iar Uachtar\u00e1n \u2013 800<\/p>\n
Camogie \u2013 140<\/p>\n
Ladies football \u2013 100<\/p>\n
Rounders & handball \u2013 212<\/p>\n
Sponsors \u2013 1,250<\/p>\n
Press \u2013 258<\/p>\n
TV & radio \u2013 74<\/p>\n
Schools and education bodies \u2013 1,666<\/p>\n
Third-level (colleges & universities) \u2013 240<\/p>\n
Croke Park residents \u2013 200<\/p>\n
Match officials & national referees panel \u2013 228<\/p>\n
Health bodies & Sport Ireland \u2013 60<\/p>\n
Match Day\/Vertigo \u2013 148<\/p>\n
Staff & subcommittees \u2013 820<\/p>\n
Jubilee teams \u2013 70<\/p>\n
Go Games \u2013 188<\/p>\n
Term tickets \u2013 2,358<\/p>\n
Season tickets \u2013 2,594<\/p>\n
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Limerick take on Galway in the All-Ireland hurling final on July 19th, followed by Kerry and Mayo’s meeting in the All-Ireland football final on July 26th. Photograph: Tom O\u2019Hanlon\/Inpho How much are the tickets?<\/p>\n
The GAA increased the price for All-Ireland final tickets in 2024, raising a stand ticket to \u20ac100 and a terrace ticket to \u20ac55. The last increase was in 2019, when stand and terrace ticket prices were upped to \u20ac90 and \u20ac50 respectively.<\/p>\n
Any chance of a spare tickets surfacing before Sunday?<\/p>\n
No, although never say never.<\/p>\n
How exactly clubs distribute their ticket allocation is up to them. Many clubs use a portion of their allocation for fundraising purposes, using them as prizes for raffles and the like, but there are other possibilities: Limerick county board are running a competition for the most creatively bedecked home and business ahead of their All-Ireland hurling final against Galway, the prize being two tickets to Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
Some clubs also reserve a certain number of tickets for club officers, team management, and other voluntary members to recognise their contributions. Given the usual barrage of \u2018special requests\u2019, it\u2019s certainly the time of year when club secretaries earn their keep.<\/p>\n
How many tickets do the competing teams receive?<\/p>\n
According to Croke Park, anyone that is part of the official county panel gains access and is accredited in advance of the game.<\/p>\n
Where they are on the day depends on their specific role. Managers and selectors are on the sideline, while there is a dedicated stats box in the lower Hogan Stand. Spaces are also reserved in the upper Hogan Stand for those overseeing analysis and recordings for the teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAnyone buying or selling tickets?\u201d This may be a familiar refrain outside Croke Park on big match days,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30883,6937,110979,92418,61,60,17406,4185,43],"class_list":["post-552989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-galway-gaa","tag-kerry-gaa","tag-football-championship","tag-hurling-championship","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-gaa","tag-mayo-gaa","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}