Larry McCarthy (; born 1954) is a

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administrator who served as

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of the

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from 2021 to 2024. A native of Bishopstown, in

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, he is a member of the Sligo football club in New York and has served with

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in a number of capacities, including secretary, chairman and Central Council delegate.

Career

He is a university lecturer by profession, working at the Stillman School of Business at

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in New Jersey since 1998. At the GAA Congress in 2018, he was elected as one of the GAA's trustees while he was also part of the Strategic Review Committee during the same year under the stewardship of John Horan. Previously, he sat on the Towards 150 Committee under Aogán Ó Fearghail. He served on the Central Council for three years and was a member of the GAA Finance Committee. He became president

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of the GAA in February 2020, the first overseas person to do so. He formally became president at the 2021 GAA Congress, held remotely due to COVID-19 restrictions. He flew into Ireland and isolated himself in Dublin (this being before quarantine was strictly enforced) ahead of formally taking on the presidency, during which he is based in Dublin.

Personal life

McCarthy received his secondary education at Coláiste Éamann Rís (formerly Deerpark) in Cork city. He attended Thomond College of Education for his Bachelor's Degree, has a Master's Degree from

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, and a Ph.D. from

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. He is married to Barbara, from Malahide, County Dublin, and together they have two grown sons.

References

External links

* https://www.irishcentral.com/sports/ny-gaa-larry-mccarthy * https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40216640.html * https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40233338.html * https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaa-congress-signals-greater-involvement-of-women-in-organisation-1.4497421 * https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/new-gaa-president-delivers-on-gender-promise-in-first-committees-1.4497536 1954 births Living people Bishopstown Gaelic footballers Bishopstown hurlers Chairmen of county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association Dual players Gaelic football in the United States Irish lecturers New York County Board administrators Presidents of the Gaelic Athletic Association Secretaries of county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association 20th-century Irish sportsmen {{Ireland-bio-stub