tullamore and o connor park as a venue

[midfield]

lot of talk on other gaa pages about the choice of tullamore as venue for the galway kilkenny game. How much does o connor park actually hold. Also i might go to the match myself and a planning to bring a team .would be travelling from the south of the county. Where would be the best place to park a bus and best route in to the ground to avoid traffic and get close to the ground quickly

[red exile]

connor park holds 20,000 ,most of tullamore is paid parking ,the best place would be up past the hospital if u are coming from birr direction

[bazza]

There getting a good few matches in there now. Can anyone confirm for me if Kildare and Laois is fixed there for Saturday week?

[The Biff]

Yes Kildare v Laois is set for Tullamore, according to the Leinster GAA website, with a likely cracking Minor Hurling game of significant interest as the "curtain raiser".

http://leinster.gaa.ie/fixtures/upcomingfixtures.asp

Leinster S.H.C. Semi-Finals Championship 2009
Satruday, 20th June 2009
Tullamore (7.00pm) - Kilkenny v Galway

Leinster S.F.C. Semi-Finals Championship 2009
Saturday, 27th June 2009
Tullamore (7.00pm) - Laois v Kildare

ESB Leinster M.H.C. Semi-Finals Championship 2009
Satruday, 27th June 2009
Tullamore (5.15pm) - Offaly v Dublin

[bracknaghboy]

O'Connor Park will burst saturday night!

[Bord na Mona man]

Its good to see Tullamore getting usage as a neutral venue.
I wonder how will it cope with a big crowd though?
Remember there hasn't been anything over 20,000 in it since the mid 80s.

[bracknaghboy]

Remember there hasn't been anything over 20,000 in it since the mid 80s.

We played Dublin in O'Connor Park on a miserable wet day in 1992 and were well beaten......I remember there being a huge crowd maybe more than 20,000. The old O'Connor Park was easily able to cater for 30,000. I just hope that everything goes off without any problems Saturday. Hopefuly the gates will be operated efficiently....the last this we need is a 15min delay due to hassle. It'll be a long time since we seen the scoreboard goal end packed with people.

[Bord na Mona man]

Remember there hasn't been anything over 20,000 in it since the mid 80s.

We played Dublin in O'Connor Park on a miserable wet day in 1992 and were well beaten......I remember there being a huge crowd maybe more than 20,000. The old O'Connor Park was easily able to cater for 30,000. I just hope that everything goes off without any problems Saturday. Hopefuly the gates will be operated efficiently....the last this we need is a 15min delay due to hassle. It'll be a long time since we seen the scoreboard goal end packed with people.

15,000 according to this.
http://www.uibhfhaili.com/offalygaa/res ... =tullamore

Tullamore has occasionally had to delay throw in where the crowd was big, in the old ground.
When Offaly played Leix in the 2003 football replay, there was a such a crowd backed up at the stiles, they eventually had to let ticket holders in via the exit gates.
Hopefully the new stand design means this sort of occurrence is a thing of the past.

[bazza]

Yes Kildare v Laois is set for Tullamore, according to the Leinster GAA website, with a likely cracking Minor Hurling game of significant interest as the "curtain raiser".

That's a minor football semi-final. Unfortunately our hurlers were knocked out by Westmeath.

[red exile]

there was an absolute massive crowd when we played dublin in 1985, minors played wexford as a curtain raiser, but i dont think saturday will get any where near 20,000 ,probably 16,000 +

[Doon Massive]

Was dublin in 92 the time the "lovable" Dubs fans were climbing in over the wall to get into the ground?
Seem to think it was around that time.