Life
1864-1927; b. Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, and ed. there;
with his brother Tom and Pat he gained athletic fame, holding numerous
world records for running, hurdling, jumping and weight-throwing; fnd.-member
and first president of the GAA in 1884; fostered athletics; organised
‘the American invasion’. DIH
Criticism
Séamus Ó Riain, Maurice Davin, First President of the
GAA (Geography Publ. 1994) [the author was president 1967-70; a champion
athlete, and a retired schoolteacher].
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