Marty Duffy

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Marty Duffy
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Duffy during the 2013 National Football League final between Dublin and Tyrone at Croke Park
Personal information
Native nameMáirtín Ó Dufaigh
Full nameMartin Duffy
Home town Enniscrone
Years activeUntil 2017
Employer GAA
Sport
Sport Gaelic football
Position Referee

Martin Duffy is a Gaelic football referee from County Sligo. He is from Enniscrone.

He is a member of the Kilgass GAA club and has served as its chairperson. [1] He is the brother of Michael Duffy, also a referee. [1]

Career

Duffy refereed the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Cork and Kerry at Croke Park. The decision to appoint Duffy surprised Mick O'Dwyer and Billy Morgan, who thought it would have gone to Pat McEnaney, [2] comments which disappointed former referee Weeshie Fogarty. [3] [ needs update ]

Duffy had done some Sligo and Connacht finals and refereed both the 2009 National Football League opener between Dublin and Tyrone and the 2009 National Football League final between Derry and Kerry. [4] He did provincial finals in Leinster and Munster too. [1] He also refereed the 2013 National Football League final between Dublin and Tyrone. [5]

He retired from inter-county refereeing at the end of 2017. [6] He also retired from refereeing, with his last game being the 2017 Connacht Senior Club Football Championship final. [1]

He was appointed chair of the Central Referees' Appointments Committee (CRAC) in 2021. [1] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Duffy is Chair of Referees' Appointments Committee". Independent.ie. 13 March 2021.
  2. Keys, Colm (17 September 2009). "Croker kick to touch after stinging referee remarks". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  3. "For ref's sake... Weeshie defends Final whistler". Evening Herald. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
  4. "Sligoman Duffy to ref football final". RTÉ. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  5. "Tyrone v Dublin Allianz NFL Final Information". 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019.
  6. "GAA confirms Championship Referees' Panels". 11 April 2018.
  7. "Duffy to chair Referees' Appointments Committee". Hogan Stand. 13 March 2021.