Donegal all set to travel in numbers for do-or-die qualifier

Donegal County Board officials have warned the GAA that demand will vastly outstrip supply for Saturday’s qualifier against Laois in Carrick-on-Shannon.

The All-Ireland champions took an estimated 17,000 supporters to St Tiernach’s Park in Clones for their 0-13 to 0-7 Ulster final loss on Sunday against Monaghan and have an adult membership in the county of 12,498. But thousands will be disappointed this Saturday as Sean MacDiarmada Park in Leitrim can only cater for 15,000.

“We’re simply not going to have enough tickets,” said Donegal GAA secretary Aodh Máirtín O’Fearraigh yesterday. “We still haven’t got our official allocation but we would expect a large crowd to travel to Carrick-on-Shannon on Saturday evening. The Slattery Report took the capacity down to 9,300 there but it’s up again after work was carried out.