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Anyone ever wondered at how its rare to see a referee from the powerhouse Gaelic football counties at the elite level. At the moment you have guys from counties like Cavan (Mc Quillan), Laois (Kinsella and Deegan), Sligo (Duffy), Clare (Hickey) and Meath (Coldrick and Reilly) refereeing all the big games. I cant remember an elite ref from Kerry, Dublin Mayo or Donegal in the modern era. Cork did have Collins a few years back but he seems to have gone off the scene. Tyrone had Sludden but we haven't seen him since the 2010 leinster final debacle. Even in the last ten or 15 years Pat McEnaney Paddy Russell and John Bannon were all from what would have been described as weaker counties. Mayostar (Mayo) - Posts: 40 - 16/09/2014 15:17:07 1652712 Link 0 |
Cant ever remember a Kilkenny hurling ref............. ? Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 16/09/2014 15:28:38 1652720 Link 0 |
would raise all sorts of questions about whether or not the ref would like to see the stronger team knocked out as his own county may be due to meet the winners down the line. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 4974 - 16/09/2014 15:57:41 1652745 Link 0 |
Define a "powerhouse"? You could put Kerry and Dublin in that bracket. Would Cork and Tyrone be powerhouses? If Tyrone are, then you could make arguments for Donegal, Meath, Galway etc. Who all have had similar periods in the sun. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1639 - 16/09/2014 16:26:40 1652759 Link 0 |
I'm afraid I don't remember many good referees at club level in Kerry, bar one but can't remember his name, think he was either Rahillys or Laune Rangers ref, smallish guy. JMK (Kerry) - Posts: 273 - 16/09/2014 16:32:08 1652764 Link 0 |
MacSuibhne is the last inter county ref I can think of from Dublin. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13692 - 16/09/2014 16:54:49 1652780 Link 0 |
It was a Kerryman that reffed the 92 Final between Donegal and Dublin - Sugrue Tir Conaill Abu (Donegal) - Posts: 1671 - 16/09/2014 17:02:05 1652781 Link 0 |
JMK Miler (Mayo) - Posts: 1015 - 16/09/2014 20:37:15 1652865 Link 0 |
Tommy Sugrue was from Tralee and refereed finals in the arly '90s Suas Sios (None) - Posts: 1550 - 16/09/2014 20:44:36 1652866 Link 0 |
CastleBravo cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 4974 - 16/09/2014 21:57:42 1652893 Link 0 |
A Mayo man reffed the 1982 final....I believe it is still not save for him to cross the border into Kerry. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 17/09/2014 08:47:08 1652901 Link 0 |
John O Keeffe from Cork was a football ref. bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 17/09/2014 16:24:10 1653137 Link 0 |