Referee confirmed for Galway's All-Ireland Hurling final clash with Limerick
CORK native Colm Lyons will referee the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final between Galway and Limerick.
Galway face Limerick in the All-Ireland Hurling Final on Sunday July 19th at 3:30pm in Croke Park. The Tribesmen defeated Cork 2-26 to 1-18 in the All-Ireland semi-final, while Limerick edged past Clare 1-21 to 1-19 in the other All-Ireland semi-final.
Lyons is a member of the Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork and has also refereed the 2022 All-Ireland final between Limerick and Kilkenny, the All-Ireland Minor Final in 2012, the National Hurling League Final in 2017, the Leinster Hurling Final in 2017, the Munster Hurling Final in 2024 and the All-Ireland Senior Club final in 2018 & 2020.
In this year’s Hurling Championship, Colm has refereed Limerick vs Tipperary in the Munster Championship, as well as Galway vs Dublin and Galway vs Kilkenny in the Leinster Championship. The Final will be the Cork man’s 39th Liam MacCarthy game to referee since his first in 2012.
His score umpires on the day will be Ciarán Hanley from the Brian Dillons Club, Jim McEvoy from Blarney, Philip Mackey and Finian Mullane, both from the Nemo Rangers club.
His line umpires on the day will be Wexford’s James Owens and Dublin’s Chris Mooney. James will be the standby referee, and the Sideline Official will be Niall Malone from Clare. David Grogan from Tipperary will be the Hawkeye Official.