The challenges of playing the All-Ireland Hurling Final at Semple Stadium in Thurles, County Tipperary.
'Féach' reports on concerns about plans to hold the All-Ireland Hurling Final in Semple Stadium in Thurles, Tipperary. The final is traditionally held in Croke Park, but because of the centenary year of the GAA, it had been decided that this year's All Ireland Final would be held in Thurles, where the GAA had been founded.
Bunaíodh an Cumann Lúthchleas Gael i nDurlas, Co. Thiobraid Árann sa bhliain 1884. Bhí ceiliúradh mór céad bliain níos déanáí, ach bhí faitíos ar dhaoine roimh an cluiche ceannais san iománaíocht: an mbeadh Staid Semple mór go leor?
Séamus Ó Riain of the Semple Stadium development committee describes the capacity of the venue to accommodate a large crowd. Up to 60,000 are expected for an All-Ireland Final, and there are concerns among some that Semple Stadium is not big enough. Séamus Ó Riain gives a potted history of the stadium's development and assures GAA fans that it will be up to the task. His only concern is that Tipperary be in the final.
'Féach' broadcast 10 February 1984. The reporter is Éamonn Ó Muirí.
Hayes Hotel in Thurles, where the GAA was founded in 1884.
