Reaching for the stars

Croke Park was enveloped in something of a twilight zone yesterday.

Mon, 16 Apr, 2012 - 01:00
John Fogarty

On an eerie afternoon in Dublin, a paltry 11,342 supporters turned up to watch the Division 1 semi-finals.

To put that in context, the attendance ranked lower than the 12,821 that turned out in Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the Cork double-header involving Kerry last month.

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