Bumper ticket sales as Cork bid to end Killarney hoodoo

THE Munster Council is expecting one of the biggest crowds ever seen at a football final this weekend.

It is 16 years since Cork beat Kerry at Killarney in a provincial final and supporters from all over Ireland are buying up tickets to see if the reigning All-Ireland champions can break that hoodoo.

Pre-booking of tickets has exceeded national trends and, should the weather hold, Munster Council chairman Sean Walsh believes it could be a 43,000 sell-out, an increase of almost 20,000 from when the sides met in the 2006 Munster final replay.