Michael Collins (referee)

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Michael Collins
Personal information
Native nameMícheál Ó Coileáin
Home town Clonakilty
Occupation SuperValu employee
Years active1985–2013
Employer GAA
Sport
Sport Gaelic football
Position Referee

Michael Collins is a Gaelic football referee from County Cork. He is from Clonakilty.

Collins first took up refereeing in 1985 when he officiated a West Cork Junior B Football League game in Barryroe. [1] After four years, he was part of the Cork GAA referees' panel. [1]

He made his inter-county debut in 1994, [2] [1] overseeing a Munster MFC game between Waterford and Tipperary. [1] His first involvement at senior inter-county level saw him referee Limerick against Tipperary in the 1998 Munster SFC. [1] He later officiated the 2001 Ulster SFC final, an All-Ireland SFC quarter-final and the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Galway and Meath. [2] He also received a Celtic Ross Sports Star of the Year Award in 2001. [1]

Collins's inter-county refereeing career concluded in 2013, after he officiated the Division 2 game between Longford and Laois. [3] His last championship involvement was a Leinster SFC first round game between Wexford and Longford. [3] He was replaced by David Gough, who would become an All-Ireland SFC final recipient himself, though there was space on the panel after Pádraig Hughes injured himself against Eamonn Doherty when he was officiating the Dublin game in Ballybofey. [3] [4]

Collins is married and has a son. [1] As of 2018, he was working in SuperValu in Clonakilty. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Collins: Being honoured as a referee was special". The Southern Star . 23 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "GAA: Collins to referee football final". Irish Examiner . 11 September 2001.
  3. 1 2 3 Fogarty, John (8 May 2013). "Collins gets marching orders from football championship panel". Irish Examiner .
  4. ↑ Kelly, Niall (9 April 2013). "The accidental clash which injured GAA ref Padraig Hughes". The42.ie.
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