THIS YEAR’S TG4 All-Ireland ladies football finals will see for the first time female referees taking charge of all three deciders.
Cavan’s Maggie Farrelly will referee the senior final between Cork and Dublin. This will be her first senior final after she previously took charge of the 2007 junior final between Kilkenny and London
Mags Doherty from Wexford will be in charge of the all-Ulster intermediate final between Down and Fermanagh. Doherty last took charge of an All Ireland final in 2011 when she refereed the Junior final replay between New York and Wicklow.
Cavan will have a second referee on duty as Yvonne Duffy referees the meeting of New York and Wexford in the junior showdown for the second time having done so previously in 2011.
LGFA president Pat Quill welcomed the development.
“We are delighted that, for the first time, all three referees in the TG4 All-Ireland finals are female. All three referees have been chosen on merit and all three have been operating at the very highest level of the game for the past number of years.”
TG4 All Ireland Junior Football Final
New York v Wexford, Croke Park, 11.45am
Referee: Yvonne Duffy (Cavan), Stand by Referee: Colm McManus (Meath), 4th Official: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Football Final
Down v Fermanagh, Croke Park, 1.45pm
Referee: Mags Doherty (Wexford), Stand by Referee: Mel Kenny (Mayo), 4th Official: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)
TG4 All Ireland Senior Football Final
Cork v Dublin, Croke Park, 4pm
Referee: Maggie Farrelly (Cavan), Terence McShea (Donegal), 4th Official Gerry Carmody (Mayo)
Tickets for all 3 finals are available through www.tickets.ie and www.ladiesgaelic.ie. Tickets cost €25 for adults, €10 for students/senior citizens & €8 for U16’s.
