GAA confirms championship referees panel
Thursday 25 April 2019 16:42, UK
The GAA's Referee Development Committee has chosen its panel of referees who will officiate at this summer's championships.
There will be 18 referees on the football championship panel - the same as last year.
In hurling, there will be a panel of 14 referees who will officiate across the Liam MacCarthy and Joe McDonagh Cup competitions, an increase of four on last year.
The most notable absentee from the 2018 list is James McGrath, who quit in the lead-up to the All-Ireland after not being picked for the biggest day.
The list was selected with performances during the Allianz Leagues taken into account.
The referees (with new additions from 2018 in bold) are:
Football:
Ciaran Branagan (Down)
Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
David Coldrick (Meath)
Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
Maurice Deegan (Laois)
David Gough (Meath)
Jerome Henry (Mayo)
Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Fergal Kelly (Longford)
Conor Lane (Cork)
Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
James Molloy (Galway)
Noel Mooney (Cavan)
Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)
Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
MacCarthy & McDonagh Cups, hurling:
Sean Cleere (Kilkenny)
Colum Cunning (Antrim)
Liam Gordon (Galway)
Fergal Horgan (Tipperary)
John Keenan (Wicklow)
Alan Kelly (Galway)
Colm Lyons (Cork)
Cathal McAllister (Cork)
Rory McGann (Clare)
Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
Johnny Murphy (Limerick)
Paud O'Dwyer (Carlow)
James Owens (Wexford)
Johnny Ryan (Tipperary)
Ring/Rackard/Meagher Cups, hurling:
Kevin Brady (Louth)
James Clarke (Cavan)
James Connors (Donegal)
Aiden Ferguson (Fermanagh)
Thomas Gleeson (Dublin)
Justin Heffernan (Wexford)
David Hughes (Carlow)
Shane Hynes (Galway)
Gearoid McGrath (Wexford)
Chris Mooney (Dublin)
Mick Murtagh (Westmeath)
Sean Stack (Dublin)
Nathan Wall (Cork)
Thomas Walsh (Waterford)
