The refereeing panels for this summer’s Championships have been announced by the GAA.
Like last year, there will be 18 football referees to choose from while there will be 14 spread across the Liam MacCarthy and Joe McDonagh Cups in hurling, four more than last year.
Kildare’s Brendan Cawley and James Molloy of Galway have broken into the football referees’ panel having not been involved in 2018, while there are six newcomers to the hurling roster with Colum Cunning (Antrim), Liam Gordon (Galway), Cathal McAllister (Cork), Rory McGann (Clare), Patrick Murphy (Carlow) and Johnny Ryan (Tipperary) all getting the nod.
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The referees were chosen following a series of physical fitness and playing rules examinations as well as on their Allianz League performances.
2019 All-Ireland SFC referees: Ciaran Branagan (Down), Barry Cassidy (Derry), Brendan Cawley (Kildare), David Coldrick (Meath), Niall Cullen (Fermanagh), Maurice Deegan (Laois),
David Gough (Meath), Jerome Henry (Mayo), Sean Hurson (Tyrone), Fergal Kelly (Longford),
Conor Lane (Cork), Martin McNally (Monaghan), Joe McQuillan (Cavan), James Molloy (Galway), Noel Mooney (Cavan), Paddy Neilan (Roscommon), Anthony Nolan (Wicklow),
Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary).
Liam MacCarthy and Joe McDonagh Cups: Sean Cleere (Kilkenny), Colum Cunning (Antrim)
Liam Gordon (Galway), Fergal Horgan (Tipperary), John Keenan (Wicklow), Alan Kelly (Galway), Colm Lyons (Cork), Cathal McAllister (Cork), Rory McGann (Clare), Patrick Murphy (Carlow), Johnny Murphy (Limerick), Paud O'Dwyer (Carlow), James Owens (Wexford), Johnny Ryan (Tipperary).
Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Lory Meagher Cups: Kevin Brady (Louth), James Clarke (Cavan), James Connors (Donegal), Aiden Ferguson (Fermanagh), Thomas Gleeson (Dublin),
Justin Heffernan (Wexford), David Hughes (Carlow), Shane Hynes (Galway), Gearoid McGrath (Wexford), Chris Mooney (Dublin), Mick Murtagh (Westmeath), Sean Stack (Dublin), Nathan Wall (Cork), Thomas Walsh (Waterford).
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