Mayo referee to take charge of TG4 LGFA All-Ireland Junior Championship final

The Ladies Gaelic Football Association has announced the referees for the 2024 TG4 All-Ireland Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championship finals, to be played at Croke Park on Sunday, August 4.

Mayo's Gerard Canny will take charge of the junior final between Fermanagh and Louth at 11.45 a.m., while Carlow’s Jonathan Murphy will officiate the senior decider featuring Galway and Kerry (4.15 p.m.) and Wexford's Barry Redmond will control the intermediate final involving Leitrim and Tyrone (1.45 p.m.).

Canny will follow in the footsteps of a famous former Kilmaine club-mate when he takes charge of this year's junior final.

Fourth official for the 2023 decider, he has now been entrusted with the main role for the Fermanagh-Louth clash 12 months on.

This will be Canny’s first time to referee a TG4 All-Ireland adult final, and he noted: “I’m not the first Kilmaine man to referee an All-Ireland final. P.J. McGrath was referee for the famous 1982 men’s final when Offaly stopped Kerry doing the five-in-a-row.”

Canny refereed the recent LGFA All-Ireland Under 16 B final between Armagh and Waterford, and has also recent experience of TG4 All-Ireland championship action.

In the group stages of the intermediate series, Canny oversaw the Leitrim-Tyrone tie (both counties will renew acquaintances in the final), and he was referee for the intermediate quarterfinal clash between Clare and Tyrone.

Meanwhile, representing the St. Mullin’s club in Carlow, Jonathan Murphy will oversee his second TG4 All-Ireland senior final, having previously taken charge of the 2020 decider between Cork and Dublin.

Intermediate final referee Barry Redmond is also looking forward to his second experience of the big day with the whistle. From the Clonard Volunteers club in Wexford, Redmond was referee for the 2021 TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship final between Antrim and Wicklow.