Coaches, chartered planes and miles of private cars were lining up this weekend for the exodus from Kerry for tomorrow's All-Ireland football final.
About the only seat available on anything yesterday was a €197 seat on a luxury executive train from Killarney, and this had to be booked by lunchtime.
Room on a vehicle to Dublin was the first priority yesterday, after which sheer faith for an elusive ticket might do the rest.
A quiet confidence has been reigning in the Kingdom all week as Kerry approach their 50th final, and the chance of a 33rd All-Ireland title.
Kerry has two chances this year of winning glory. With the minors also in the running against Tyrone, the scramble for Dublin has been all the greater.
The colour for this All-Ireland has been building up steadily, and with a degree of piety. Kerry flags are flying on the spire of the 300-ft St Mary's Cathedral, Kerry's tallest building. After all, this is a county where the invocation of prayer is accepted as doing no harm at all to the taking of a free.
"We want to salute Kerry," said parish priest Father Declan O'Connor, adding that the presence of steeplejacks working on the cathedral gave him the opportunity to place the flags nearer to the Heavens.
Team manager Mr Jack O'Connor, an English and Irish teacher at Coláiste na Sceilige, Cahersiveen, received his note of support.
"We back Jack, to bring Sam back," art students wrote on a banner for a manager who took over from the colourful Paidi Ó Se less than a year ago.
However, apart from an odd cow painted green and gold, the hype has none of the extravagance of other years.
The real desperation is going on underneath the surface, and this is the scramble for tickets.
The county has been allocated 10,000, tickets, with a small extra allocation on Thursday night. In real terms, there are only around 7,000 available, and only through clubs.
Some 2,000 tickets have already been earmarked for participants in a five-year ticket scheme, and others will go to referees and former players.
The desperate quest for tickets was added to as parents of five lucky teenagers in each of the county's secondary schools were trying to find tickets to accompany sons and daughters after an initiative by the county board saw five tickets - along with two for teachers - raffled in every Kerry secondary school and staff room. This was to honour the Kerry minor team.
Three of the 15 trains out of Kerry this weekend , the so-called special trains, will be alcohol-free. Alcohol is not normally served on trains, but is sometimes carried on board. Riotous behaviour by a group of teenagers on semi-final trains has led to the action. However, it is unlikely to dampen spirits.