Marty Duffy

Martin Marty Duffy is a Gaelic football referee from Enniscrone in County Sligo. He belongs to the Kilgass GAA club, where he has served as chairperson, and he is the brother of Michael Duffy, who is also a referee. His biggest assignment was the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Cork and Kerry at Croke Park, an appointment that surprised Mick O'Dwyer and Billy Morgan, who had expected it to go to Pat McEnaney. Before that he had done Sligo and Connacht finals and refereed the opening game of the 2009 National Football League between Dublin and Tyrone as well as the final of that league between Derry and Kerry. He also took charge of provincial finals in Leinster and Munster and of the 2013 National Football League final between Dublin and Tyrone. He retired from inter-county refereeing at the end of 2017, and in March 2021 he became chairperson of the GAA's Central Referees' Appointments Committee, which assigns and develops match officials for national fixtures.