Brian Crowe (referee)

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Brian Crowe
Personal information
Born1957/1958 [1]
OccupationDefence Forces [2]
Years activec. 1970s–present
Employer GAA
Sport
Sport Gaelic football
Position Referee
Club Cavan Gaels

Brian Crowe (born 1957/1958) is a Gaelic football All-Ireland Final referee. He is a member of the Cavan Gaels club.

Crowe played midfield and centre-forward for Cavan Gaels before retiring at the start of his twenties so that he could take up refereeing. [1] He refereed the 2000 Connacht Senior Football Championship final, the 2003 Munster Senior Football Championship final. [1] Club games refereed included the 2003 and 2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship finals and two Ulster Senior Club Football Championship finals. [1] In 2006, he tipped David Coldrick (Meath), Derek Fahy (Longford) and Maurice Deegan (Laois) to referee All-Ireland finals. [1] By 2006 he had done 13 years of service to the inter-county panel. [1]

He refereed the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Kerry and Mayo. [3] [4] He was the second Cavanman to referee an All-Ireland final, following Fintan Tierney of Butlersbridge (who did the 1972 final) and the last until Joe McQuillan's first final in 2011. [5] In the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship he became involved in a dispute with the CCC, but officials said he was not being punished for refusing to co-operate. [6]

Part of the Defence Forces, he is a married father of three daughters and a son. [1] He is interested in snooker and athletics and plays badminton. [1]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Cavan's all-ireland final referee". Hogan Stand. 31 March 2007.
  3. ↑ Moran, Seán (2 September 2006). "Cavan's Brian Crowe will referee the All-Ireland football final between Kerry and Mayo in a fortnight's time". The Irish Times.
  4. ↑ Moynihan, Michael (2 September 2006). "All-Ireland football final referee named". Irish Examiner .
  5. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (31 August 2011). "No show like a Joe show as McQuillan gets All Ireland". The Anglo-Celt. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Keys, Colm (17 July 2008). "Ref boss refutes Crowe exclusion claims". Irish Independent.
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