Just under one million viewers were watching on RTÉ, together with more on Sky Sports and 24,000 in Croke Park on Saturday when Mayo brought down the curtain on Dublin’s six-year, 45 match unbeaten run in the All Ireland Championship.
The average number that had tuned in to RTÉ’s coverage was 722,000, with the peak hitting 972,000 at 8:25 PM.
Dublin and Mayo’s respective semi-finals in 2020, against Cavan and Tipperary, attracted average audiences of 505,000 and 533,000 respectively so the weekend was a significant rise on those matches which took place in early December of last year.
Last year’s final between the two counties was the most-watched sporting event of the year with an average audience of 876,000.
This coming Sunday it is the turn of the All Ireland Hurling Championship Final between Cork and Limerick.
Last year’s Final between Limerick and Waterford was played on December 13th and attracted an average audience of 712,000.
This year’s two semi-finals in the hurling attracted an average viewership of 475,000 for Cork against Kilkenny on August 8th and 452,000 for Limerick against Waterford the previous day. Those figures were down on the 534,000 who had tuned into last year’s semi-final between Limerick and Galway which was played in front of an empty stadium.
This coming Saturday RTÉ will show both Camogie Championship quarter-finals, live from Croke Park. Evanne Ní Chuilinn will be joined by Anna Geary and Elaine Aylward as Kilkenny go head-to-head with Wexford at 5 pm followed by the throw-in at 6:45 pm between Tipperary and Waterford.
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