GAA confirm who will referee Armagh’s All-Ireland final clash
The GAA have confirmed who the referee for this year’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final between Armagh and Galway will be.
Armagh are in the final for the first time since 2003. They last brought Sam Maguire home in 2002.
They reached the final last Saturday with an extra-time victory over Kerry at Croke Park.
Today the GAA announced that Sean Hurson from Tyrone will be the referee for the big game on Sunday, July 28. It will be the Galbally man’s second senior final.
He has refereed the All-Ireland Minor Final in 2018, U20 All-Ireland Final in 2021, All-Ireland Senior Club Final in 2022 and the All-Ireland Football Final in 2022 between Kerry and Galway.
Sean will be no stranger to the two sides, having refereed the group fixture between the two teams at Markievicz Park in June - a game which Armagh fought back to draw and ensure their place at the top of the group.
In this year’s Football Championship, Sean has refereed Roscommon vs Mayo in the Connacht Championship, two group games between Kerry vs Monaghan and the All-Ireland quarter-final involving Dublin and Galway. In the Allianz League, Sean has officiated Dublin vs Roscommon, Kerry vs Monaghan and Galway vs Mayo all in Division 1, and Louth vs Fermanagh in Division 2.
The Final will be Sean’s 34th Senior Football Championship fixture since his first in 2016.
His umpires on the day will be Martin Coney and Cathal Forbes both from the Ardboe O’Donovan Rossa club, Mel Taggart from Clonoe O’Rahilly’s and Shane Dorrity from Coalisland Na Fianna.
His line umpires on the day will be Kildare’s Brendan Cawley and Roscommon’s Paddy Neilan, and Brendan will be the standby referee and the Sideline Official will be Derek O’Mahony from Tipperary.