GAA attendance data

[illdecide]

there is an official capacity what your ground can hold but when all things factored in like who you're playing( is there any history between the two teams), how many Stewarts you have available, toilets etc. etc. then the local authority will decide which actual figure you're allowed...So your ground may well hold 20000 but they might only let you have 16000. There are a lot of things done behind the scenes before a game. Meeting with Safety Advisory Groups, Police and so on...

[oakleaflad]

Quite a few responses received so far

County   Capacity
Antrim   32500
Armagh   16500 - 19500
Carlow   21000
Cavan   32000
Clare   14864
Cork   32550
Derry   22000
Donegal   18000
Down   20000
Dublin   82300
Fermanagh   18000
Galway   33000 - 32000
Kerry   43180
Kildare   6200
Kilkenny   24000 - 22000
Laois   27000
Leitrim   9331
Limerick   49866
Longford   10000 8800
Louth   3500
Mayo   38000
Meath   15000
Monaghan   36000
Offaly   20000 - 17000
Roscommon   18890
Sligo   18558
Tipperary   53500
Tyrone   18500 - confirmed
Waterford   17000 - 12000
Westmeath   11000
Wexford   25000 - confirmed
Wicklow   10000

id be surprised if Celtic Park in Derry held 22,000, one of the goal ends doesnt have any area for supporters.

The capacity was restricted to 11000 before the redevelopment work. It was reported that with the new stand and other redevelopment works the capacity would be raised to between 18-20,000, can't seem to find anything official on it. Although derry post report a capacity of 22,000

The game against Donegal last year was as big a crowd as I've seen in Celtic  Park since the down game in 1994. Reported attendence from the donegal game was about 16,000 IIRC, that was fairly close to capacity I would say. So the 18,000 figure mentioned previously is probably about right

The redevelopment work was designed to raise capacity in Celtic Park from 17,000 to 23,402.

Doesn't sound right to me. If that was the case then there would have been room for nearly half as many people again who attended the donegal game? Absolutely no chance. Unless the ulster council were cooking the books

http://www.crokepark.ie/getmedia/af10a4ef-5d2a-44e6-a411-db6ad44e4f5d/Derry-Strategy-2007-2012.pdf
Page 15 (Page 8 of the PDF) under Infrastructure. Just going by the official plans.

[southderryman]

Quite a few responses received so far

County   Capacity
Antrim   32500
Armagh   16500 - 19500
Carlow   21000
Cavan   32000
Clare   14864
Cork   32550
Derry   22000
Donegal   18000
Down   20000
Dublin   82300
Fermanagh   18000
Galway   33000 - 32000
Kerry   43180
Kildare   6200
Kilkenny   24000 - 22000
Laois   27000
Leitrim   9331
Limerick   49866
Longford   10000 8800
Louth   3500
Mayo   38000
Meath   15000
Monaghan   36000
Offaly   20000 - 17000
Roscommon   18890
Sligo   18558
Tipperary   53500
Tyrone   18500 - confirmed
Waterford   17000 - 12000
Westmeath   11000
Wexford   25000 - confirmed
Wicklow   10000

id be surprised if Celtic Park in Derry held 22,000, one of the goal ends doesnt have any area for supporters.

The capacity was restricted to 11000 before the redevelopment work. It was reported that with the new stand and other redevelopment works the capacity would be raised to between 18-20,000, can't seem to find anything official on it. Although derry post report a capacity of 22,000

The game against Donegal last year was as big a crowd as I've seen in Celtic  Park since the down game in 1994. Reported attendence from the donegal game was about 16,000 IIRC, that was fairly close to capacity I would say. So the 18,000 figure mentioned previously is probably about right

The redevelopment work was designed to raise capacity in Celtic Park from 17,000 to 23,402.

Doesn't sound right to me. If that was the case then there would have been room for nearly half as many people again who attended the donegal game? Absolutely no chance. Unless the ulster council were cooking the books

http://www.crokepark.ie/getmedia/af10a4ef-5d2a-44e6-a411-db6ad44e4f5d/Derry-Strategy-2007-2012.pdf
Page 15 (Page 8 of the PDF) under Infrastructure. Just going by the official plans.

Fair enough. Just doesn't seem right to me though.

[deiseach]

The footnotes on this project are going to be some craic. "² B. na Mona Man, GAA attendance data; (GAA Discussion Board, 2015), p. 1."

[Orior]

Some surprising numbers in that list, considering the number of supporters that attend county games

County	Capacity
Dublin	82,300
Tipperary	53,500
Limerick	49,866
Kerry	43,180
Mayo	38,000
Monaghan	36,000
Cork	32,550
Antrim	32,500
Cavan	32,000
Galway	32,000
Laois	27,000
Wexford	25,000
Derry	22,000
Kilkenny	22,000
Carlow	21,000
Down	20,000
Armagh	19,500
Roscommon	18,890
Sligo	18,558
Tyrone	18,500
Donegal	18,000
Fermanagh	18,000
Offaly	17,000
Meath	15,000
Clare	14,864
Waterford	12,000
Westmeath	12,000
Wicklow	10,000
Leitrim	9,331
Longford	8,800
Kildare	6,200
Louth	3,500

[Maguire01]

It shows that there has been no strategic approach to the development of GAA grounds across the country and that quality has been compromised for capacity.

[macdanger2]

It shows that there has been no strategic approach to the development of GAA grounds across the country and that quality has been compromised for capacity.

That's actually going to one of the outputs - we'll be analysing the data to see if venues chosen for qualifiers (although they're mainly home/away now) are the "optimal" location (i.e. minimal travel time) based on expected numbers and venue capacity. By removing the constraint imposed by venue capcaity, we should be able to see which locations might be best suited for stadium development.

There's a couple of things we'll have to estimate including expected support for each county (some average of previous games) and mean distance travelled (for simplicity, we'll take this to be distance to be from the county ground).

[Donnellys Hollow]

Newbridge's capacity has been restored to 10,000.

[theskull1]

With Casement being no more Id say we'd be lucky to get into 5 figures now with the backup grounds being used

[macdanger2]

County   Capacity
Antrim   32500
Armagh   16500 - 19500 (licenced for 17500)
Carlow   21000
Cavan   32000 - 25262
Clare   14864
Cork   32550 - 38000 (pre-upgrade); 45000 (post-upgrade)
Derry   22000 - 16000
Donegal   18000 17520
Down   20000
Dublin   82300
Fermanagh   18000 20297
Galway   33000 - 32000
Kerry   43180
Kildare   6200 - 10000
Kilkenny   24000 - 22000
Laois   27000 - 20000
Leitrim   9331
Limerick   49866
Longford   10000 8800
Louth   3500
Mayo   38000 - 28000
Meath   15000 - 10000
Monaghan   36000
Offaly   20000 - 17000
Roscommon   18890
Sligo   18558
Tipperary   53500
Tyrone   18500 - confirmed
Waterford   17000 - 12000
Westmeath   11000
Wexford   25000 - confirmed
Wicklow   10000 8000

[Rossfan]

Bit of work to be done on the Hyde and Pàirc Sheàin as they can hold around 32,000 and 14,000 respectively.

[Farrandeelin]

How is MacHale Park down to 28000? There was over 35000 at the Connacht final in 2004. I think that was pre-new stand as well.

[Maguire01]

County   Capacity
Antrim   32500
Armagh   16500 - 19500 (licenced for 17500)
Carlow   21000
Cavan   32000 - 25262
Clare   14864
Cork   32550 - 38000 (pre-upgrade); 45000 (post-upgrade)
Derry   22000 - 16000
Donegal   18000
Down   20000
Dublin   82300
Fermanagh   18000 20297
Galway   33000 - 32000
Kerry   43180
Kildare   6200 - 10000
Kilkenny   24000 - 22000
Laois   27000 - 20000
Leitrim   9331
Limerick   49866
Longford   10000 8800
Louth   3500
Mayo   38000 - 28000
Meath   15000 - 10000
Monaghan   36000
Offaly   20000 - 17000
Roscommon   18890
Sligo   18558
Tipperary   53500
Tyrone   18500 - confirmed
Waterford   17000 - 12000
Westmeath   11000
Wexford   25000 - confirmed
Wicklow   10000 8000

Where did you get the Cavan figure from?

[oakleaflad]

County   Capacity
Antrim   32500
Armagh   16500 - 19500 (licenced for 17500)
Carlow   21000
Cavan   32000 - 25262
Clare   14864
Cork   32550 - 38000 (pre-upgrade); 45000 (post-upgrade)
Derry   22000 - 16000
Donegal   18000
Down   20000
Dublin   82300
Fermanagh   18000 20297
Galway   33000 - 32000
Kerry   43180
Kildare   6200 - 10000
Kilkenny   24000 - 22000
Laois   27000 - 20000
Leitrim   9331
Limerick   49866
Longford   10000 8800
Louth   3500
Mayo   38000 - 28000
Meath   15000 - 10000
Monaghan   36000
Offaly   20000 - 17000
Roscommon   18890
Sligo   18558
Tipperary   53500
Tyrone   18500 - confirmed
Waterford   17000 - 12000
Westmeath   11000
Wexford   25000 - confirmed
Wicklow   10000 8000

Where did you get the Derry figure from? Especially after me going and finding out the capacity is over 23,000 for you . In all seriousness the actual capacity is probably around 20,000, it can certainly hold more than 16,000 though.

[oakleaflad]

Also this article may or may not be of interest to you: http://derrypost.blog.com/2013/04/09/gaa%E2%80%99s-eyes-too-big-for-its-belly/