Seán Moran: Sense of unease as All-Ireland football series opens to underwhelming crowds while Munster hurling attendances continue to soar
Connacht and Ulster have kept the provincial championships afloat between the buzz currently surrounding Donegal and the re-emergence of an old school Galway v Mayo final in the west.
The All-Ireland football round robins have most of the country agog with apathy. Dublin footballers had an ultimately resounding win over Roscommon, who took a point off them last year, in front of crowd so small the GAA decided to keep it a secret. Winners so far have been Limerick, Cork, Dublin and to an extent Wexford, who have turned around an initially dire season to book their ticket for the All-Ireland stages.
Young Carlow fan Tommy Ryan practices a few pucks ahead of the game against Antrim at Corrigan Park. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho It might appear unfair that Kilkenny aren’t numbered among the winners given that they beat two of the counties who are included but so far they have raised more questions than answers
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