Cork and Tipperary confirm All-Ireland final ticket allocations sold out

Cork manager Pat Ryan during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final between. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Bad news for ticketless Cork and Tipperary hurling fans as both county board have confirmed they are not in a position to meet any further ticket requests following the distribution of the county's full allocation.

A statement from Cork GAA on Tuesday morning said they had no more tickets left to distribute, acknowledging how Cork’s allocation could only meet “a fraction of local demand”.

That statement arrived after clubs who have a player on the Cork panel were informed they’re to receive a “limited” second allocation of tickets. That message to the relevant clubs did not specify how many tickets they were to receive and when they would receive them.

As ever, Cork clubs' adult grading determined how many tickets they received from the board.

Senior hurling clubs were initially set to receive 20 stand and 24 terrace tickets, Intermediate and Premier Junior 16 stand and 20 terrace, Junior A 10 stand and 18 terrace, and junior B and junior C four stand and 16 terrace.

The Irish Examiner knows of one Cork junior club for whom the 46 tickets received from the board didn’t satisfy even close to half the number of ticket requests put in by registered club members.

“Please note that our full allocation of tickets for the All-Ireland hurling final has been distributed and the process is now closed,” Tuesday’s Cork GAA statement read.

“We will not be in a position to meet any further requests.

“We acknowledge the desire of so many of our loyal supporters to attend this year’s final, but our allocation could only meet a fraction of the demand.

“Tickets for Sunday’s Rebels’ Fanzone at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh will go on sale on this Thursday at 7.30am as follows: https://gaacork.ie/2025/07/14/rebels-fanzone-to-return/ 

“Finally, we thank the officers in all clubs with the unenviable responsibility of distributing the small allocation available per unit and acknowledge the almost impossible task therein.”

Tipperary GAA PRO Jonathan Cullen confirmed a similar situation exists in the Premier county. 

"It's a mirror image up here. We sent out our final allocation to the clubs today - a top-up allocation - and the process is now closed," Cullen said.