Cork-Waterford rivalry, Dublin's chaos years: The biggest crowd-pleasers in Gaelic games, part two 

As the full-house signs go up all over Munster, Kieran Shannon in a two-part series delved the history books and crunched the numbers to see who previously has had claim to be the biggest draw and hottest ticket in the game.

BIGGEST DRAWS Munster Hurling Final 27/6/2004 Cork vs Waterford John Mullane of Waterford and Brian Murphy of Cork ©INPHO/Patrick Bolger

Previously in this series: Micko’s Predecessors (Kerry-Kildare 1905-1932); Christy Ring (1940-1963); the Down footballers (1959-1968); the Cork – and Kerry – footballers (1974-2010); Babs’ Tipperary hurlers (1987-1994); Loughnane’s Clare (1995-2000); the Armagh footballers (1999-2008).