KERRY may yet withdraw from the 1980 Munster and All-Ireland championships, depending on the outcome of the Management Committee's findings in their proposed investigation into the allocation and distribution of All-Ireland tickets.

This was the decision taken at a meeting of County Board in Tralee when a long and, at times, very heated discussion took place on the question of All-Ireland tickets.

The meeting adopted a motion tabled by Gerald McKenna, Central Council Representative, and seconded by Seán Kelly (Killarney), when asked that the Board notify the Management Committee in Croke Park that it expects to have the Committee's recommendations on their proposed revision of the allocation and distribution of All-Ireland tickets by the end of December so that County Convention can then decide whether or not to withdraw from next year's championship.

The proposal was carried on a show of hands by 17 votes to nine against a direct amendment moved by Donie Sheahan (Killarney), seconded by Tom Keane (Cahersiveen), which called on Kerry to withdraw from Ceannarus Tournament and the Ceannarus fund-raising drive in protest against Kerry's poor All-Ireland allocation.

The meeting also decided to set up a special sub-committee to inquire into where All-Ireland tickets went and to bring this and other relevant information before the County Board. This latter proposal was incorporated in Mr. McKenna's motion and it had been proposed by Seamus MacGearailt, Oifigeach na Gaelige.

In the course of the lenghty discussion J.J. Bambury (Dingle) left the meeting in protest after an exchange with the chairman, Frank King.

The discussion arose out of a decision taken by a previous meeting of the Board to return Kerry's allocation of All-Ireland tickets for this year's final and a subsequent decision, made by the officers of the Board, not to adhere to this decision because of the time factor.

Murt Galvin, joint treasurer, said the officers had spent an hour and 20 minutes with team trainer Mick O'Dwyer before taking the decision not to return the tickets and he felt they didn't have to apologise.

J.J. Bambury said they should apologise. They had changed their mind.

Seamus MacGearailt said they wanted to find out where the tickets that were withdrawn this year went. A delegate said these tickets went to the Ceannarus.

The chairman said they looked for an exact breakdown of the counties' allocation and they did not get it.

J.J. Bambury said the chairman mentioned 2,100 tickets. That was pulling power. The chairman said he did not say that. He said he consulted the trainer of the the team. J.J. Bambury: "You did say it." Chairman: "I did not." When the chairman asked Mr. Bambury how many tickets he had got Mr. Bambury stood up and said he was leaving the meeting in protest.