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Who is the best GAA referee of all time?

THEY only remember your mistakes.

Mon, 14 Jul, 2008 - 01:00

Any referee will tell you. But most observers still have a list of top officials in Gaelic football and hurling that they can call to mind.

Brendan Larkin of the Irish Examiner, for instance, rates Cork County Board secretary Frank Murphy highly as a referee.

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