Gaelic Games

Second tranche of tickets to football replay sold out

GAA site crashes under weight of demand for Dublin v Mayo semi-final replay tickets

People queue for tickets to the Dublin Mayo replay on Dorset Street today. Photograph: Philip Mc Laughlin/Twitter
People queue for tickets to the Dublin Mayo replay on Dorset Street today. Photograph: Philip Mc Laughlin/Twitter
Aoife Carr
Mon Aug 31 2015 - 15:54

A second tranche of tickets for Saturday's All-Ireland football semi-final replay between Mayo and Dublin have been snapped up.

In a statement on their web site on Monday afternoon, the GAA said there would be no more public sales of tickets for the match, with the remaining tickets available through the competing counties.

Their ticket web site crashed earlier for a time such was for the demand for tickets.

10,000 tickets, priced at €30 for the Davin Stand and €20 for Hill 16, were sold out within minutes after going on sale last night.

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