Sean Hurson

Sean Hurson is a Gaelic football referee. He is a member of the Galbally Pearses club in County Tyrone. He was appointed to referee the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, becoming the first Tyrone man to do so since Paddy Devlin oversaw the 1974 final.

Club Hurson refereed the 2010, 2012 and 2013 Tyrone JFC final, as well as the 2013 Tyrone IFC final.

Inter-county Hurson refereed the 2014 National Football League Division 3 final and 2018 National Football League Division 2 final. Hurson is a clubmate of Kerry coach Paddy Tally. Ahead of the 2022 All-Ireland SFC final, Galway manager Pádraic Joyce was asked to comment on this. Kerry manager Jack O'Connor was also asked about it. Hurson sent off Paul Conroy in Galway's 2022 National Football League game against Derry.

By the end of 2022, Hurson had refereed every major national final except the Munster Senior Football Championship and the MacRory Cup, the latter of which he was appointed to referee in 2020 but the competition ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the 36th championship game (34th SFC) he had refereed.

Personal life Hurson is married and, as of 2022, was the father of two daughters and a son.