Maggie Farrelly will become the first female referee to take charge of a senior men's county final when she takes to the Kingspan Breffni pitch next Sunday.
Ramor United and Gowna will meet for the second time in a week after the sides played out a low scoring draw at the weekend, with the Cavan county final replay set for Sunday afternoon.
Farrelly has been appointed as match referee and it marks the latest bit of history for the Cavan native.
Her first blow of the whistle came when her home club Laragh United nominated her as their club referee, and after developing a taste and skill for the job, Farrelly quickly soared through the ranks.
She refereed her first ladies inter-county match in 2006, and took charge of the Junior All-Ireland Ladies Final in 2007.
By 2014, she had graduated to taking charge of her first Senior ladies All-Ireland final.
A year later she refereed her first men’s inter county game – Fermanagh versus Antrim at minor level – and in 2016 she become the first female referee to officiate a senior men’s inter-county game for the refixed McKenna Cup clash between Fermanagh and St Mary's.
Speaking during a Sport Ireland webinar focused on women in officiating earlier this year, Farrelly said she hoped that the fuss over her achievements would reduce over time.
We shouldn't have to distinguish between male or female referees, that it is just a referee
"Starting out when I made my debut as an inter-county GAA referee, 'history making’, ‘barriers’, and ‘gender’, all that kind of terminology was used," she said.
"What we are hoping for in the future is that we can take these words away, that it is no longer about gender, that it is just a referee that turns up to referee a game, that we shouldn’t have to distinguish between male or female referees, that it is just a referee, and hopefully that these headlines will be diminished, the glass ceiling is broken, and that many more people will follow in the footsteps of the likes of myself."
