GAA announce referee for Dublin and Tyrone All-Ireland final

Cork match official Conor Lane will referee the All-Ireland Senior Football Final between Dublin and Tyrone while Sean Hurson from Tyrone will officiate in the minor game between Kerry and Galway.

Lane was given the whistle for the 2016 final between Dublin and Mayo and he also refereed the All-Ireland Minor final in 2013 between Mayo and Tyrone, the Connacht Finals of 2013 and 2016, and the AIB Senior Club final in 2016. John Joe Lane, DJ O'Sullivan (both Banteer/Lyre), Ray Hegarty (Bride Rovers) and Pat Kelly (Kilshannig) will assist him with the umpiring duties. Meath’s David Gough will be the standby referee. The other linesman is Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) and the Sideline official will be Sean Laverty (Antrim). Earlier this year, Lane refereed the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals between Galway and Monaghan and Dublin and Donegal, the Connacht Senior Football Quarter Final between Galway and Mayo, the Ulster semi-final between Fermanagh and Monaghan and the Qualifier games – Carlow v Tyrone and Fermanagh v Kildare. Sean Hurson from Tyrone will officiate in the minor final between Kerry and Galway.