Rebel fans snap up 1,100 train tickets in 11 minutes

CORK hurling fans snapped up an incredible 1,100 train tickets to the All-Ireland GAA spectacle in just 11 minutes yesterday.

Irish Rail said while they expected that level of demand, the speed at which the tickets sold out in Cork was amazing.

Seats on special All-Ireland day trains from Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Mayo went on sale on the Irish Rail website at 10.30am. The three special trains from Cork — a 7.50am from Mallow and a 7.40am and 7.50am from Kent Station — sold out in record time.