No public ticket sale for first three rounds of Munster senior hurling championship

ANY SPARES?: Cork fans Peter, Robert, and Simon Graham from Glanmire on the lookout for tickets. Pic: Eddie O'Hare

There will be no public sale of tickets for the opening three rounds of the upcoming Munster senior hurling championship.

The Munster Council made the decision “due to capacity constraints at some venues, along with the expected demand from our clubs”.

Instead, the tickets for the matches – Tipperary v Cork, Clare v Waterford on April 19; Cork v Limerick and Waterford v Tipperary on April 26; Clare v Limerick on May 3 and Waterford v Cork on May 9 – will be distributed exclusively by the county boards.

“This approach reflects the fact that four of the first six games are being hosted in smaller-capacity venues,” explained Munster GAA.

“While the other two games involve Cork, Limerick and Tipperary, with the first round game between Tipperary and Cork being a repeat of last year's All Ireland Final.

“Any unused or returned tickets from county boards will be released for public sale on the Wednesday prior to each game.”

Tickets for the final two rounds of the championship will go on general public sale on April 8. As usual, competing counties will receive allocations for these games.

A record 329,299 attended the Munster SHC’s 11 games in 2025, a figure which was up 4% from 2024. The competition’s gate receipts of €8.381 million also superseded previous returns.

Last year, clubs in the five counties had first refusal on tickets for games. Only when club requests were satisfied were tickets made available to the public. In 2024 and ’25, Cork GAA had given their clubs priority access.

Season ticket holders will be allocated their tickets as before while a limited number of juvenile group admissions (40 per club) will be available for all matches aside from those in Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg.

After two successive years of increases, ticket prices for the championship have been frozen for 2026. Adult stand admission is €35, terrace €30 while students and old age pensioners can enter the stands for €30 and terraces for €25. Under 16s’ tickets are €5.