Referee Maggie Farrelly makes GAA history in Garvaghey

Fermanagh 1-13 St Mary’s 0-14: It might have taken 132 years to get to this point, but the sight of a woman taking charge of a senior inter-county match for the first time was fairly memorable when it came.

, not in the comfortable surroundings of Croke Park, but in the wind and rain of Garvaghey, the home of Tyrone GAA.

All girls like a bit of glitz and glamour but having waited so long for her big moment, we can assume the Laragh United woman didn’t mind the less salubrious surroundings as she took her first step towards a national appointment in the not so distant future.