Barry Cassidy

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Barry Cassidy is a Gaelic football referee. An inter-county championship referee since 2012, [1] Cassidy has been described as the top referee in Ulster. [2] A member of the Derry GAA club Bellaghy, Cassidy refereed the inaugural Tailteann Cup final.

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Career

Cassidy refereed his first Derry Senior Football Championship final in 2010, Coleraine v Ballinderry Shamrocks. [1] He also refereed the 2013 Derry SFC final, won by Ballinderry Shamrocks against Ballinascreen. [1]

Cassidy worked on the 2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, as a linesman. [1]

His first National Football League game came the following year (when he had to be escorted away by stewards after annoying Mayo supporters whose loss that game was). [1]

He was given charge of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final between Dublin and Galway, though he had never previously refereed even a quarter-final before that year, when he had taken charge of Galway v Kerry in the 2018 Super 8s. [1]

Cassidy refereed the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship final between Cavan and Donegal. [3]

He took charge of the 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship final between Cork and Kerry. [4]

Even though Maurice Deegan had originally been announced as the 2022 Tailteann Cup Final referee, Cassidy ended up taking charge in Deegan's absence. [5] Deegan had a sickness, said Brian Gavin in his analysis of that game. [6] He had contracted COVID-19 and this ruled him out of what would have been his final inter-county game. [7]

Cassidy was then named as linesman for the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [8]

Personal life

Cassidy's father was a referee. [2] He is a married man, Claire being the wife. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kelly, Padraig (9 August 2018). "Referee Barry Cassidy's big breakthrough". The Irish News .
  2. 1 2 3 "'Referees get nervous and feel pressure, like any player'". Belfast Telegraph . 19 July 2020.
  3. ↑ McCaffrey, Sean (17 November 2020). "Referee announced for Ulster championship final". Northern Sound.
  4. ↑ Barry, Stephen (20 July 2021). "Barry Cassidy to take charge of Kerry-Cork Munster SFC final". Irish Examiner .
  5. ↑ Galvin, Kieran (6 July 2022). "Change of referee for Tailteann Cup final". Westmeath Independent .
  6. ↑ Gavin, Brian (11 July 2022). "The GAA should be demanding immediate answers over HawkEye fiasco". Irish Examiner .
  7. ↑ Gannon, Tom (18 July 2022). "Laois GAA ref blows his final whistle Maurice Deegan Interview". Leinster Express .
  8. ↑ "Roscommon referee part of team for All-Ireland football final". 13 July 2022.
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