John Moloney (1935 - 6 October 2006) was an Irish

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 kic ...

and

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

referee. Born in Bansha, County Tipperary, Moloney first played competitive Gaelic football and hurling with Galtee Rovers. His subsequent refereeing career spanned six decades from 1958 to 2003. After beginning his refereeing career at club level in 1958, Moloney took charge of his first inter-county championship game in 1965. After handling the

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

final in 1967, he later took take charge of that year's All-Ireland football final. Moloney refereed a further four All-Ireland football finals (1969, 1973, 1975 and 1977) as well as the 1974 All-Ireland hurling final. In 2022, Martin Breheny named him among "five of the best football referees".

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