E25 : David Gough, All Ireland Referee

The Clash Act GAA Podcast

On this weeks podcast Eddie got to sit down with none other then Gaelic football referee, David Gough. Over the hour the two touched upon several topics in football, the GAA as a wider community & about becoming the first openly gay top-level match official with in the organisation.

Here is what to expect

• How he started his refereeing Career
• The Sunday Game & media criticism
• Rule changes in the GAA
• Trial & tribulations on the pitch
• Coming out as a gay man
• Locker room talk & how to enact change
• Refereeing in Croke Park

This podcast was brought to you with thanks to Morrissey Motors Kilkenny, the main Peugeot dealer for county Kilkenny since 1994

If you like what you hear, why not dip into the archives and listen back to some of the recent episodes where we deep-dive into careers of former Kilkenny hurlers Noel Hickey, PJ Ryan, Paul Murphy, Peter Cleere, Eoin Larkin, John Mulhall and Richie Power, All-Ireland senior camogie winner with Kilkenny Denise Gaule, Katie Nolan and Kaytie Power, Carlows Niall Carew & Brian Tracey, Cork All Star Larry Tompkins, Waterford All Star Dan Shanahan, former Westmeath player John Connellan, former Galway All-Ireland winners Eugene Cloonan and Kevin Walsh or All-Ireland winner with Offaly Michael Duignan.

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