By Michael McMullan MARTIN McNally refereed his first All-Ireland senior football final on Sunday alongside four Corduff clubmates on umpire duty. A privilege, according to McNally. Speaking to Gaelic Life on Tuesday morning, McNally hadn’t yet watched it back. He will in time. As with every other game, evaluation matters. All the same, a referee not in the […]
Meenagh wants more support for referees
November 26, 2022
By Michael McMullan A LEADING GAA coach has called for referees to receive more support to help them develop with the Association benefiting in the long-term as a result. Former Tyrone player Ciaran Meenagh, who is current Derry manager Rory Gallagher’s right-hand man, strongly insists he has no gripe with referees as a whole. However, […]
McNally calls for GAA to learn from Rugby’s culture of respecting refs
October 27, 2022
Well-known whistler Martin McNally says that the GAA could take a leaf out of rugby’s book when it comes to respecting referees. Shaun Casey writes… THE GAA held a national Respect the Referee Day last weekend to raise awareness of the respect and support that our match officials deserve. Monaghan native Martin McNally, who took […]
Everyone has a role to play in cleaning up the GAA insists referee Martin McNally
September 8, 2022
By Michael McMullan MONAGHAN referee Martin McNally insists everyone in the GAA community has a role to play to eradicate any form of abuse towards officials and help clean up the game as a whole. The Corduff man also believes incidents like the one that saw Roscommon official Kevin Naughton knocked to the ground while […]