Maggie Farrelly: 'Yes, this is a historic moment but it is done now'

On Sunday, Maggie Farrelly became the first woman to take charge of an Allianz National Football League game.

20 February 2022; Referee Maggie Farrelly throws the ball in during the Allianz Football League Division 4 match between Leitrim and London at Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence in Bekan, Mayo. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

It wasn’t so much a baptism of fire as a character test from Mother Nature for Maggie Farrelly at the Connacht GAA Centre in Bekan this afternoon.

The Cavan native has spent the last 10 years taking a sledgehammer to glass ceilings in the GAA and shattered another one on Sunday by becoming the first woman to take charge of an Allianz National Football League game.