The day Galway stunned Rebels in another semi-final showdown

Cork fans didn't travel in great numbers for the 1985 All-Ireland championship last-four tie. 

AMBUSH: Molloy wears the distinction of being the sole Galway hurler to start in each of the county’s first three championship wins - 1975, ‘79, and ‘85 - over Cork. Pic: Billy Stickland/INPHO

Convenience and craving means Cork will turn up on this occasion. They’ll turn up in their thousands. They didn’t travel or turn up 40 years ago.

As of last Sunday, word from down the Páirc was that 14,000 tickets had been sold for the county’s de facto league semi-final against Galway. As of yesterday afternoon, the anticipated crowd had grown north of 20,000 and was headed for a figure similar to the 22,193 that watched the county’s Round 5 win over Kilkenny.