Maurice Deegan

Maurice Deegan is a referee from Stradbally, County Laois.

Deegan has refereed three All-Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Championship finals at Croke Park - the 2016 All-Ireland Final Replay between Dublin and Mayo, [1] the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Donegal and Mayo [2][3][4] and the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Kerry and Tyrone.

Deegan also refereed the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship Final between Tipp and Cork which resulted in Tipp's first title since 1935. Cork-based newspaper, the Irish Examiner, reckoned Deegan gave a "solid" performance.[5]

References
  1. "Maurice Deegan to ref Dublin v Mayo replay". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. "Maurice Deegan to referee Mayo v Donegal All-Ireland final". RTÉ Sport. 4 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  3. "Maurice Deegan: Black cards will be a killer at first". 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  4. "Inter-county referee Maurice Deegan speaks". 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2013. Too scared to do anything.
  5. "Stars align as heroic Tipperary shock Cork for first Munster SFC title in 85 years". Irish Examiner. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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