Martin McNally named as All-Ireland SFC final referee

The meeting of Kerry and Mayo will be Monaghan native McNally's first time refereeing a senior final.

Referee Martin McNally. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Martin McNally will referee the All-Ireland SFC final on July 26.

The meeting of Jack O'Connor's Kerry and Andy Moran's Mayo will be Monaghan native McNally's first time refereeing a senior final.

Corduff club man McNally refereed the All-Ireland U20 final in 2023, and the All-Ireland senior club final in 2026, along with the Leinster football finals in 2021 and 2025 and the Ulster football final in 2024.

In this year’s football championship, McNally has refereed Louth v Wexford and Kildare v Westmeath in the Leinster championship, along with All-Ireland Series games including: Armagh v Derry, Dublin v Donegal and the All-Ireland quarter-final meeting of Cork and Mayo.

The final will be his 32nd senior intercounty championship game to referee since his first outing in 2018. 

Tyrone’s Sean Hurson and Thomas Murphy, Galway, will run the line, while Hurson will also be the standby referee.

His umpires on the day will be his fellow club men Ben Woods, Niall Reilly, Mark Gilsenan, and Anthony Marron.

The sideline official is Tipperary's Sean Lonergan. Killan Jones will act as the Hawkeye official, with Marty Duffy from Sligo the time official.