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Joe McQuillan
Joe McQuillan is a Gaelic football referee. He is a member of the Kill Shamrocks club in County Cavan. McQuillan has refereed four All-Ireland finals: the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 2011 decider between Dublin county football team, Dublin and Kerry county football team, Kerry, the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 2013 decider between Dublin and Mayo county football team, Mayo, the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 2017 decider between Dublin and Mayo and the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 2021 decider between Mayo and Tyrone county football team, Tyrone. He was the third Cavanman to referee an All-Ireland final, following Fintan Tierney of Butlersbridge (1972) and Brian Crowe (referee), Brian Crowe of Cavan Gaels GAA, Cavan Gaels (2006). Tierney, though, was originally from Longford. McQuillan was in charge during the game that produced the infamous "spitgate" incident in the 2013 National Foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the football up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar , signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net (the ball cannot be hand-passed into the goal), signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
