AS has been mentioned on more than one occasion this week, the attendance at the All-Ireland Ladies’ Football Championship final at Croke Park on Sunday was 56,114, over 46,000 more than went to the Curragh on Sunday, and 32,606 more than attended Irish Champions Weekend in total.

There is a context here. In 2014, the inaugural year of Longines Irish Champions Weekend in its current guise, the total attendance at Leopardstown and the Curragh over the course of the weekend was 24,168: 13,190 at Leopardstown, 10,978 at the Curragh. Two weeks later, the attendance at Croke Park for the final of the 2014 All-Ireland Ladies’ Football final was 27,374. Just 3,206 more. That’s only five years ago. Attendance at the Ladies’ Football has more than doubled in that time.