Séamus Gardiner (1894 – 10 January 1976), was the 14th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1943–1946).[1]
Séamus Gardiner | |
|---|---|
| President of the Gaelic Athletic Association | |
| In office 1943–1946 | |
| Preceded by | Pádraig MacNamee |
| Succeeded by | Daniel O'Rourke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1894 |
| Died | 10 January, 1976 (aged 81–82) |
Born in Clare, he played football for UCD while studying there, he trained to be a national school teacher in De La Salle College, Waterford.[2]
He played on the Clare senior team, and in 1924 was part of a Munster team that participated in an inter-provincial contest to choose a team for the Tailteann Games.[3]
Settling in Borrisokane, he became involved in the local GAA club, representing it at board meetings, before going on to become chairman of the board,[which?] from 1933 to 1938. In 1940, he was elected vice-chairman of the Munster Council, and chairman in 1940.
During Gardiner's presidency, relationships began to renew with the President of Ireland for the first time since Douglas Hyde was removed as a patron.[4]
Also during Gardiner's presidency, the Minister of Defence opened up the army to sports other than Gaelic Games, which Gardiner called "a retrograde step", and that the GAA were "entitled to the same treatment for Gaelic games as they had for the past 20 years".[5]
Two years after his death, in 1978 the Séamus Gardiner Memorial Park was renamed in his honour.[3]
Gardiner's great-granddaughters, Emer Lucey and Ciara Lucey, played senior camogie for Ballyboden St Enda's and Dublin.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Gaa Presidents | GAA History | About the GAA | GAA". Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ De La Salle College De La Salle GAA Club
- ^ a b "The Gardiner Connection". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014.
- ^ "The President vs the GGA | TFK - thefreekick.com". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
- ^ Sheppard, Barry (21 August 2012). "'As a Gael should meet Gaels' – The Gaelic Athletic Association in the Irish Free State". The Irish Story. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Dublin girls to battle for an All-Star". www.independent.ie. 11 November 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Dublin claim camogie crown". hoganstand.com. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Sister act as Emer repeats Ciara's heroics". www.herald.ie. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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