Tipperary referee will be sideline official at All-Ireland senior hurling final

Newcastle referee Michael Kennedy will be the sideline official at the All-Ireland senior hurling final between Limerick and Kilkenny. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfileplaceholder image
Newcastle referee Michael Kennedy will be the sideline official at the All-Ireland senior hurling final between Limerick and Kilkenny. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Colm Lyons confirmed as referee for meeting of Limerick and Kilkenny

Tipperary referee Michael Kennedy has been named as the sideline official for the All-Ireland senior hurling championship final between Limerick and Kilkenny on Sunday week, July 17.

The referee will be Colm Lyons of Cork, who will take charge of his first All-Ireland senior final.

Michael Kennedy, from the Newcastle club in south Tipperary, will be joined by linesmen Paud O’Dwyer (Carlow) and Galway’s Liam Gordon, who will be the standby referee.

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