Michael Moynihan: Reality bites the Gaelic football economy

For instance, the simmering unhappiness with hotel prices in the capital came to a boil when linked to the All-Ireland quarter-finals in Croke Park

NOT QUITE A SELL OUT: A general view of a big screen showing the attendance at the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final match between Kerry and Mayo at Croke Park, Dublin. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The long, long arm of Gaelic football reached out and across the entire country again over the weekend.

You probably caught some of the action at various points, whether it was Dublin v Cork or Kerry v Mayo - the feast of football splashed across Saturday and Sunday to the delight of whoever was shouting for the teams which won.