Michael Collins is a Gaelic football referee from County Cork. He is from Clonakilty.
Collins first took up refereeing in 1985 when he officiated a West Cork Junior B Football League game in Barryroe.[1] After four years, he was part of the Cork GAA referees' panel.[1]
He made his inter-county debut in 1994,[2][1] overseeing a Munster MFC game between Waterford and Tipperary.[1] His first involvement at senior inter-county level saw him referee Limerick against Tipperary in the 1998 Munster SFC.[1] He later officiated the 2001 Ulster SFC final, an All-Ireland SFC quarter-final and the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Galway and Meath.[2] He also received a Celtic Ross Sports Star of the Year Award in 2001.[1]
Collins's inter-county refereeing career concluded in 2013, after he officiated the Division 2 game between Longford and Laois.[3] His last championship involvement was a Leinster SFC first round game between Wexford and Longford.[3] He was replaced by David Gough, who would become an All-Ireland SFC final recipient himself, though there was space on the panel after Pádraig Hughes injured himself against Eamonn Doherty when he was officiating the Dublin game in Ballybofey.[3][4]
Collins is married and has a son.[1] As of 2018, he was working in SuperValu in Clonakilty.[1]
References
- 12345678"Collins: Being honoured as a referee was special". The Southern Star. 23 January 2018.
- 1 2 "GAA: Collins arbitrará la final de fútbol" . Irish Examiner . 11 de septiembre de 2001.
- 1 2 3 Fogarty, John (8 de mayo de 2013). "Collins recibe órdenes de marcha del panel del campeonato de fútbol" . Irish Examiner .
- ↑ Kelly, Niall (9 de abril de 2013). "El choque accidental que lesionó al árbitro de la GAA Padraig Hughes" . The42.ie .
- Personas vivas
- Árbitros de la final del Campeonato Senior de Fútbol Gaélico de toda Irlanda
- árbitros de fútbol gaélico