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Man in the middle: Referee Joe McQuillan. INPHO/James Crombie

Joe McQuillan appointed as All-Ireland senior football final referee

The Cavan man will officiate in Croke Park on September 22nd.

CAVAN’S JOE MCQUILLAN will take charge of this year’s All-Ireland senior football final between Dublin and Mayo.

The teams meet in Croke Park on Saturday September 22nd and it will be McQuillan who will referee the game.

The GAA have confirmed the appointment this afternoon and it will mark McQuillan’s second time in charge of an All-Ireland final.

He previously took charge of the 2011 final between Dublin and Kerry. Other major games that the Kill Shamrock’s club man has refereed include the All-Ireland U21 final in 2006 and the All Ireland senior club final in 2008.

This summer he has taken charge of the All-Ireland senior quarter-final tie between Mayo and Donegal and the Round 3 qualifier between Kildare and Tyrone.

His main provincial assignments were the Leinster semi-final involving Dublin and Kildare and the Ulster Senior quarter-final when Donegal took on Tyrone.

His umpires on the day will be Tommy O’Reilly, Ciarán Brady, TP Gray (all Kill Shamrocks) and Jimmy Galligan (Killygarry).

Meath’s Cormac Reilly will be the standby referee, the other linesman is Padraig O’Sullivan (Kerry) and the sideline official will be Michael Duffy (Sligo).

Cork’s Conor Lane will referee the All-Ireland minor final between Mayo and Tyrone, which will be the curtain-raiser on September 22nd.

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    Jul 21st 2024, 9:15 PM

    As a Limerick man, many congratulations to Clare, an absolute all time classic All Ireland final, Clare suffered over the last few years but kept coming back, fair play. Tony Kelly was a wizard at times, Shane O Donnell too.
    Tough luck Cork, lit up the championship.
    GAA please extend the hurling championship season, give it a little room to breathe, this match should have been replayed after 70 minutes. Flogging these warrior men. Championship run off over 14 weeks…. absolute madness.

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    Jul 21st 2024, 11:44 PM

    @Michael Kennedy: Absolutely correct on the need to show better respect to the warriors on that pitch today – I would say that there should have been a replay after 70 mins as a disappointed Corkman – but it was one of the greatest games I’ve ever been lucky enough to be at – and I’ve been going to Cork games for over 40 years. Congrats to Clare, great performance today – and thanks to those Cork players and management for a brilliant year – every Cork fan is proud of the performance today and throughout the year. Well done to Pat Ryan for not getting involved in nit picking with the referee’s calls, touch of class. One more year please Hoggy…..

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    Jul 21st 2024, 9:16 PM

    A special, special player. The greats turn up on the biggest days and he put on a show. Some of the scores were out of this world.

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    Jul 21st 2024, 11:09 PM

    I want to thank Ray Ridge for picking Cork. Which made me run out to the bookie and bet Clare. Well done Ray you never disappoint

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    Jul 21st 2024, 9:44 PM

    Shane o Donnell was like a ferret or something today, cork couldn’t get a hold on him, brilliant final today, the referee was good today because normally he’s awful fool for blowing his whistle. How he missed that last free I’ll never know, Liam is heading for Ennis fair play Clare

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    Jul 22nd 2024, 12:28 AM

    Those 40 odd lads should never have been asked to play another 20 minutes!

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