The back-to-back wins of the Meath All-Ireland Ladies team have led to a huge surge in numbers of girls playing GAA, which has almost doubled in the county in the last three years.
The success of players such as Vikki Wall, Emma Duggan and Orlagh Lally has inspired girls of all ages to join local clubs, which has seen numbers of players bolstered from about 4,500 to about 8,500.
The influx of new players means the Meath LGFA is now hunting for new referees to cope with all the extra matches now being played. Last year alone, there were about 1800 games played, up from 1200 in 2019.
