It's not just about ladies sports and in fairness on Cork, if they were in the Mens Football final you'd see very few flags flying in Cobh or Midleton. That part of the county, football is something hurlers play to keep fit. I don't think my father ever saw Cork playing a football match in the flesh yet I remember being at plenty of Munster Hurling finals with him.
You've got to look at the base that womens sport is growing from, it's very small. Now they can get 15000 at an international soccer match, 50000 at the Ladies Football final, it is growing.
I would never have really watched womens sport growing up, camogie barely existed in my parish and ladies football didn't exist at all and women made the tea and sandwiches. Now the GAA club puts out players in all codes, ages and all genders, chairperson and treasurer are women and no one blinks an eye at it. And yes, the main interest will be on how the intermediate hurlers get on this year in the Championship but there is plenty of interest in the womens championship as well.